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About William S. Burroughs
American writer and visual artist
William S. Burroughs was an American writer and visual artist, widely associated with the Beat Generation and postmodern literature. He became known for fiction that pushed against conventional form and voice. His work is often experimental, with unreliable narrators and semi-autobiographical material shaped by his experience of drug addiction. He also helped popularize the cut-up technique with Brion Gysin. Across his fiction and his life, recurring interests included mysticism, the occult, and magical themes.
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- “What was to be the value of the long looked forward to,Long hoped for calm, the autumnal serenityAnd the wisd…”T.S. Eliot
- “There were mountains; there were valleys; there were streams. She climbed the mountains; roamed the valleys;…”Virginia Woolf
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- “Chess demolishes differences. It's a language of different generations.”Judit Polgar
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Books by William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch
2001
Junky
1994
Queer
1986
Cities of the Red Night
1982
Nova Express
1964