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Also Known As Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Born March 12, 1922 • Lowell • Massachusetts
Died October 21, 1969 (aged 47) • Saint Petersburg • Florida
Notable Works “Belief and Technique for Modern Prose” • “Desolation Angels” • “Doctor Sax” • “Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems” • “Maggie Cassidy” • “Mexico City Blues” • “On the Road” • “Scattered Poems” • “The Dharma Bums” • “The Subterraneans” • “The Town & the City” • “Tristessa” • “Vanity of Duluoz” • “Visions of Cody”
Movement / Style Beat movement

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