A report on William S. Burroughs
American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
- William S. Burroughs116 related topics with Alpha
Allen Ginsberg
15 linksAmerican poet and writer.
American poet and writer.
As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.
Beat Generation
14 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959), and Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957) are among the best known examples of Beat literature.
Jack Kerouac
12 linksJean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Naked Lunch
10 linksNaked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs.
Brion Gysin
8 linksBritish-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices.
British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices.
He is best known for his use of the cut-up technique, alongside his close friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs.
Grove Press
8 linksAmerican publishing imprint that was founded in 1947.
American publishing imprint that was founded in 1947.
Grove published most of the American Beats of the 1950s (Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg) as well as poets like Frank O'Hara of the New York School and poets associated with Black Mountain and the San Francisco Renaissance such as Robert Duncan.
Lucien Carr
6 linksKey member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s; later he worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
Key member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s; later he worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
Kammerer was a childhood friend of William S. Burroughs, another scion of St. Louis wealth who knew the Carr family.
Junkie (novel)
4 linksJunkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict (originally titled Junk, later released as Junky) is a novel by American beat generation writer William S. Burroughs, initially published under the pseudonym William Lee in 1953.
The Nova Trilogy
4 linksThe Nova Trilogy or The Cut-up Trilogy is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental novels by William S. Burroughs.
Cut-up technique
4 linksAleatory literary technique in which a written text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text.
Aleatory literary technique in which a written text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text.
The concept can be traced to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by writer William S. Burroughs.