Jack Kerouacauthor profile |
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| born | March 12, 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| died | October 21, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Lowell, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction, Poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| influences | Jack London, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Fyoder Dostoyevsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
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 & 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...more |
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books by Jack Kerouaccombine editionsavg rating: 3.73 | 31051 ratings | 90 distinct works
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quotes by Jack Kerouac
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
— Jack Kerouac
— Jack Kerouac
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww'"
— Jack Kerouac (On the Road)
— Jack Kerouac (On the Road)
"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."
— Jack Kerouac
— Jack Kerouac