William S. Burroughs: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	William Lee • William Seward Burroughs
Born	February 5, 1914 • St. Louis • Missouri
Died	August 2, 1997 (aged 83) • Lawrence • Kansas
Notable Works	“And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks” • “Cities of the Red Night” • “Exterminator!” • “Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict” • “My Education: A Book of Dreams” • “Naked Lunch” • “Nova Express” • “Queer” • “The Place of Dead Roads” • “The Soft Machine” • “The Ticket that Exploded” • “The Western Lands” • “The Wild Boys” • “The Yage Letters”
Movement / Style	Beat movement • avant-garde