Charles Bukowski



Charles Bukowski

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born August 16, 1920
died March 09, 1994
gender male
place of birth Andernach, Germany
website http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/1297/Charles_Bukowski/index.aspx?authorID=1297
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).

books by Charles Bukowski

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avg rating: 3.98 | 21893 ratings | 195 distinct works
Ham on Rye: A Novel Ham on Rye: A Novel (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 4.11 — 2033 ratings — published 2007
6 editions
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Women: A Novel Women: A Novel (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 3.89 — 2019 ratings — published 2001
9 editions
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Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems... Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977 (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 4.11 — 1143 ratings — published 1977
3 editions
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Tales of Ordinary Madness Tales of Ordinary Madness (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 4.01 — 1027 ratings — published 1984
4 editions
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man Notes of a Dirty Old Man (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 3.94 — 948 ratings — published 1969
6 editions
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Hot Water Music Hot Water Music (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 3.89 — 883 ratings — published 1983
6 editions
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The Most Beautiful Woman in To... The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 4.08 — 720 ratings — published 1983
3 editions
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Hollywood Hollywood (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 3.68 — 730 ratings — published 1996
10 editions
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You Get So Alone at Times That... You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 4.13 — 568 ratings — published 1986
3 editions
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Post Office: A Novel Post Office: A Novel (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
avg rating 3.98 — 566 ratings — published 2007
10 editions
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quotes by Charles Bukowski

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""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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"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. "
Charles Bukowski
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"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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