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Jack Kerouac
Life Time
12 March 1922 - 21 October 1969
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Jack Kerouac was born in Massachusetts on March 12, 1922. He was the third child of Quebec immigrants. In his early childhood, he was traumatized by the death of his older brother (he later described these events in his book Visions of Gerard). His father was a printing manager and published the local newsletter Spotlight. Jack learned from early childhood the process of creating a newspaper and created his own sports bulletin, which he successfully sold to all his friends in the city. After high
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Jack Kerouac was born in Massachusetts on March 12, 1922. He was the third child of Quebec immigrants. In his early childhood, he was traumatized by the death of his older brother (he later described these events in his book Visions of Gerard). His father was a printing manager and published the local newsletter Spotlight. Jack learned from early childhood the process of creating a newspaper and created his own sports bulletin, which he successfully sold to all his friends in the city.
After high school, Jack became a student at Columbia University. Kerouac soon dropped out and joined the merchant fleet in 1942. While sailing, Jack began writing his first novel, The Town and the City, which was published in 1950. His next work, On the Road, was published in 1957. Kerouac used a very original style in his books, influenced by his fascination with jazz and Buddhism. Jack was a passionate nature, enthusiastic and risky. He took drugs and abused alcohol.
In 1965 he went to Paris to learn about his family history. His impressions of the trip were reflected in the book “Satori in Paris”. Some of his most famous and high-profile novels are “The Tramps of Dharma”, “Underground”, “The Origin of a Broken Generation”, “Doctor Sachs”, “Daily in Chamomile”, “The Last Word”, “Angels of Desolation”, “The Vanity of Duluoz”, etc.
In 1966, Jack started a family with Stella Sampas. This is his third marriage. Soon he and his wife moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. Kerouac is seriously ill. He suffers from liver cirrhosis. On October 21, 1969, Jack died of a sudden gastric hemorrhage. The talented writer was buried in his hometown of Lowell. In honor of Jack Kerouac, the Department of Poetry at the Naropa Institute is named, which is one of the largest Buddhist educational institutions in the United States.