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Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
Apr 2, 2014 · Novelist Ken Kesey wrote 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and is credited with helping to usher in the era of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s. Updated: Aug 5, 2020. (1935-2001) Who Was Ken...
Apr 19, 2024 · Ken Kesey (born September 17, 1935, La Junta, Colorado, U.S.—died November 10, 2001, Eugene, Oregon) was an American writer who was a hero of the countercultural revolution and the hippie movement of the 1960s. Kesey was educated at the University of Oregon and Stanford University.
Ken Kesey (1935-2001) A farm boy from the Willamette Valley, Ken Kesey brought an earthy, independent spirit to the American literary scene and to his self-designated role as the young Turk of the 1960s counterculture. His literary reputation rests on two novels, both written before he was thirty.
Mar 11, 2019 · Robert McNamara. Updated on March 11, 2019. Ken Kesey was an American writer who attained fame with his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He helped define the 1960s as both an innovative author and a flamboyant catalyst of the hippie movement.
November 10, 2001. Genre. Literature & Fiction. edit data. Ken Kesey was American writer, who gained world fame with his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962, filmed 1975). In the 1960s, Kesey became a counterculture hero and a guru of psychedelic drugs with Timothy Leary.
Ken Kesey, The Art of Fiction No. 136. Interviewed by Robert Faggen. Issue 130, Spring 1994. At the center of Kesey’s work are what he calls “little warriors” battling large forces. Over the years, some critics have praised his work for its maverick power and themes of defiance; others have questioned his wild and paranoid vision.
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