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  <name><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the Beat Generation, a term he himself created.

Kerouac's work was popular, but received little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, he is considered an important and influential writer who inspired others, including Tom Robbins, Lester Bangs, Richard Brautigan, and Ken Kesey, and writers of the New Journalism. Kerouac also influenced musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Simon &amp; Garfunkel, Lebris, Ulf Lundell and Jim Morrison.[1] Kerouac's best-known books are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.

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  <title><![CDATA[On the Road]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Dharma Bums]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Big Sur]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Subterraneans]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Desolation Angels]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tristessa]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the Road: The Original Scroll]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maggie Cassidy]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Visions of Cody]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mexico City Blues]]></title>
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