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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac [1] (/ ˈ k ɛr u. æ k /; [2] March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet [3] who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Jack Kerouac (born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits.
Apr 2, 2014 · Jack Kerouac was an American writer best known for the novel 'On the Road,' which became an American classic, pioneering the Beat Generation in the 1950s.
On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.
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Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts to French Canadian parents, Léo-Alcide Kéroack (1889–1946) and Gabrielle-Ange Lévesque (1895–1973).
Novelist Jack Kerouac, father of the literary “beat generation” of the 1950s and reluctant godfather to today’s hippie movement, died early Tuesday of a massive hemorrhage.