William S. Burroughs - Wikipedia
WEBWilliam S. Burroughs. William Seward Burroughs II ( / ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
10 Facts About William S. Burroughs | Mental Floss
WEBFeb 4, 2019 · With a life as mischievous as his prose, William S. Burroughs—who was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 5, 1914 —was destined for counterculture notoriety. Here are 10 facts about the...
William S. Burroughs | Biography, Books, Junkie, & Facts
WEBWilliam S. Burroughs (born February 5, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died August 2, 1997, Lawrence, Kansas) was an American writer of experimental novels that evoke, in deliberately erratic prose, a nightmarish, sometimes wildly humorous world.
William S. Burroughs - Quotes, Books & Beat Generation - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · William S. Burroughs was a Beat Generation writer known for his startling, nontraditional accounts of drug culture, most famously in the book 'Naked Lunch.'. Updated: May 5, 2021. Photo: Paul...
William S. Burroughs, Outlaw and Beat | The New Yorker
WEBJan 26, 2014 · A Mexican scholar of the Beats, Jorge García-Robles, details the louche milieu in another new book, “The Stray Bullet: William S. Burroughs in Mexico” (Minnesota). He writes that Burroughs ...
William S. Burroughs, the Beat Writer Who Distilled His Raw Nightmare ...
WEBAug 4, 1997 · William S. Burroughs, a renegade writer of the Beat Generation who stunned readers and inspired adoring cultists with his 1959 book ''Naked Lunch,'' died on Saturday evening at Lawrence...
William Burroughs - the original Junkie - The Guardian
WEBFeb 1, 2014 · William Burroughs - the original Junkie. On the centenary of William Burroughs' birth, Will Self on why he was the perfect incarnation of late 20th‑century western angst – self-deluded and...
‘The priest they called him’: the wild and crazy life of William S ...
WEBDerek Flynn. Sat Feb 5 2022 - 06:04. After Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas DeQuincy, William Burroughs (who died on this day in 1997) is probably the third most famous drug addict in...
William S. Burroughs | MoMA
WEBWilliam Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
William S Burroughs: ‘The godfather of punk’ remembered - BBC
WEBFeb 4, 2014 · William S Burroughs: ‘The godfather of punk’ remembered. William S Burroughs scandalised literature with books like Naked Lunch. In honour of his centenary, his friends talk to Jane Ciabattari ...
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