Charles Bukowski
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born
August 16, 1920
died
March 09, 1994
gender
male
place of birth
Andernach, Germany
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry
about this author
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
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Post Office by Charles Bukowski avg rating 4.02 — 4,392 ratings — published 1971 23 editions |
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Ham on Rye: A Novel by Charles Bukowski avg rating 4.13 — 3,998 ratings — published 2007 6 editions |
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Women: A Novel by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.91 — 3,775 ratings — published 1978 24 editions |
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Factotum by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.89 — 2,688 ratings — published 1975 14 editions |
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Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977 by Charles Bukowski avg rating 4.13 — 2,062 ratings — published 1977 3 editions |
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Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski avg rating 4.01 — 1,945 ratings — published 1984 5 editions |
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.94 — 1,792 ratings — published 1969 11 editions |
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Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.90 — 1,578 ratings — published 1380 9 editions |
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Pulp by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.51 — 1,720 ratings — published 1994 11 editions |
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Hollywood by Charles Bukowski avg rating 3.69 — 1,452 ratings — published 1989 12 editions |
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"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. "
— Charles Bukowski
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— Charles Bukowski
"Do you hate people?
I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around."
— Charles Bukowski (The Movie: Barfly)
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I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around."
— Charles Bukowski (The Movie: Barfly)
"For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
— Charles Bukowski
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— Charles Bukowski
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