William s burroughs bio
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs | |
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Burroughs in the 1980s | |
| Born | (1914-02-05)February 5, 1914 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | August 2, 1997(1997-08-02) (aged 83) Lawrence, Kansas |
| Pen name | William Lee |
| Occupation | Novelist, Small story writer, Essayist |
| Genre | Beat, science story, satire |
| Literary movement | Beat Postmodern |
| Notable works | Naked Lunch |
| Spouse | Ilse von Klapper (1937-1946) Joan Vollmer (1946-1951) |
| Children | William Unmerciful.
Burroughs, Jr. |
| Relatives | William Seward Burroughs Hysterical, grandfather Ivy Lee, maternal uncle |
William Politician Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was break Americanwriter. He was a coeval and friend of writers Thespian Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
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Besides writing, Burroughs further recorded spoken word and lyrical works. One of his workshop canon paired him with musicianKurt Cobain.[1]
Burroughs died of a heart attack.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Metzger, R., "When Kurt Cobain Met William Burroughs", Dangerous Minds, October 26, 2012.
- ↑Schjeldahl, P., "The Outlaw—The extraordinary authentic of William S.
Burroughs", The New Yorker, January 26, 2014.