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About Jack Kerouac
American novelist and poet
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. Born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, he became a central figure in the Beat Generation and is known for helping shape it alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. His work is closely tied to that literary movement, and his reputation rests on the writing that helped define its voice and outlook. He is remembered as a novelist and poet whose name remains strongly associated with the Beat Generation.
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Books by Jack Kerouac
On The Road
1996
Big Sur
1966
The Dharma Bums
1958
Tristessa
1978
Les Souterrains
1994