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   Who was Jack Kerouac?

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3. www.bfi.org.uk · lists · 10-great-films-about10 great films about beatniks and the Beat generation | BFI

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   1 day ago · Burroughs and his contemporaries Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg belonged to a group of writers and poets who became known as the Beats. This label would inspire the expression ‘beatnik’, a term mostly used by the press to describe a 1950s pre-hippy type who read poetry, listened to jazz and spoke in a ‘hip’ vernacular.

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   Who were Jack Kerouac's close friends?

   • Jack Kerouac was good friends with Allen Ginsberg, a poet, and William S. Burroughs, a novelist. 'Jack went to bed obscure and woke up famous', said his then girlfriend Joyce Johnson after his instant fame from the book 'On the Road'. Kerouac and his friends were part of the Beat generation.

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   Who is Jack Kerouac?

   • Jack Kerouac is a renowned poet and writer. In 1970, he met with a Tibetan guru and accepted Trungpa Rinpoche as his personal guru. He created a poetry school, the 'Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics'. He has remained active, publishing poems, realizing musical recordings, and even publishing a book with his own photos.

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   What did Jack Kerouac write?

   • Jack Kerouac wrote various works including audio LPs, letters, journals, non-fiction, poetry, and fiction novels. Some of his famous quotes are: 'The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.', 'Happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.', and 'Believe in the holy contour of life'.

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   Why did John Kerouac not graduate?

   • Although Ginsberg graduated in 1948, he would return to the University’s mental health facilities after pleading insanity to avoid jail time for a robbery he committed. Kerouac never graduated because he cracked his tibia, ending his football scholarship at the university. Bella Druckman is a writer and editor.

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5. www.gratefulweb.com · articles · jack-kerouac-muralJack Kerouac Mural Dedication at St. Jean Baptiste Church ...

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   20 hours ago · A stunning new mural commemorating legendary Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac will be officially unveiled at St. Jean Baptiste Church on Sunday, October 13th, from 11AM to 1PM as part of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac. The former church, where Kerouac once served as an altar boy, is the proposed future home of the Jack Kerouac Center, a cultural hub dedicated to celebrating the life and work of ...

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   3 days ago · It was within the gates of Columbia University that Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr and William S. Burroughs met. These literary luminaries often spent time in each others’ dorm rooms...

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   5 days ago · When the Beats appeared, they wanted to rebel against existing literary foundations, societal norms, and most importantly, concepts of morality. The Beat Generation’s origins can be traced back to the 1940s, specifically to Columbia University in New York where Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs met for the first time.

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    3 days ago · She attended Barnard College in New York City, where she met future Beat Generation icons like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Vollmer was known for her sharp intellect and was deeply interested in literature, philosophy, and politics. She married Paul Adams, a law student, but their marriage was short-lived.

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    1 day ago · Granted, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road featured a narrator traveling across America with different combinations of friends. But readers tend to forget that Kerouac wasn’t merely recounting hijinks with his buddies: He was making a case for a new definition of freedom and connection and heroism in America.

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    4 days ago · Jack Kerouac (1922-1967) was a novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry born in Lowell. He is best known for On the Road (1957), a novel that captured the restless spirit of the time and continues to inspire readers, and for his pioneering role in the literary subculture he dubbed the “Beat Generation.”