William S. Burroughs Papers, WSB97 [ca. 1945-ca. 1984].

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author, lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author's in the 1950's and early 1960's along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997. From the description of Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019390 ...

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens. Kerouac spent much of his youth engaged in sports and other physical activities. His athletic prowess earned him a...

Giorno, John

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Grauerholz, James

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Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Poet, performer, editor, publisher, and teacher; director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project (New York); co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University. From the description of Anne Waldman papers, 1945-<2002> (bulk 1958-1998). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68914842 American poet associated with the New York School of Poetry. From the description of 100 memories, 1970. (University of Calif...

Bockris, Victor, 1949-....

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Lacy, Steve, 1951-

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Dr. Steve Lacy (b.1951) is a Utah historian and the author of books including Posey: The Last Indian War, Last of the Bandit Riders . . . Revisited and The Lynching of Robert Marshall, Last in the West . His photograph collection, donated to the Utah State Historical Society (Mss C 472), includes images of the Castle Gate mine disaster, which killed over 170 miners in three explosions March 8, 1924. Utah Governor Herbert B. Maw (1893-1990, Gov. 1941-1948) was born in Ogd...

Ansen, Alan

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Alan Ansen was an American poet. From the description of Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122596854 From the guide to the Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Corso, Gregory

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American writer, primarily of poetry, Corso was born in New York City in 1930. He worked as a migrant laborer, newspaper reporter for the L.A. Examiner, and merchant seaman before joining the English Department at SUNY Buffalo in 1965. In the mid-1950s he began to give public readings of his poetry, often sharing the stage with other Beat poets. His 1958 volume, GASOLINE, marks the beginning of his long association with San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore and the Bay Area in general, which fig...

Burroughs, William S., 1947-1981

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Southern, Terry

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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style. From the guide to the Terry Southern papers, 1924-1995, 1955-1995, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Pélieu, Claude, 1934-2002

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Claude Pélieu (December 20, 1934 – December 24, 2002) was a French poet, translator and artist. He lived in France until 1963, when he moved to the United States, where he spent most of the rest on his life. Friend and associate of William S. Burroughs. From the description of Claude Pelieu collection, 1953-1974. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 36689156 ...

Smith, Patti

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Norse, Harold.

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American poet, critic, essayist, and editor. From the description of Poetry, prose writings, and translations, ca. 1953-1959. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122530567 Harold Norse -- poet, critic and essayist -- was born in New York in 1916 and educated at Brooklyn College and New York University. Norse's book of poems, The undersea mountain, was published in 1953. Since then he has published 6 volumes of p...

Gysin, Brion.

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Brion Gysin was born on January 19, 1916, in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Gysin first established himself as a painter, attending the Sorbonne from 1934-1935 and associating with figures such as Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Salvador Dali. In 1935 he participated in the Surrealist Drawing Exhibitions, although his work was withdrawn by Surrealist founder Andre Breton. Gysin also attended the University of Bordeaux from 1949-1952 and Archivos de India at the University of Seville from 1952-195...

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

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William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American experimental novelist, "beat" poet, and cultural icon. From the guide to the William S. Burroughs Letter, undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), American novelist, essayist, writer of experimental fiction. A primary member of the Beat generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected postwar popular culture as well as literature. From the ...

Sommerville, Ian, 1951-

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999

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American expatriate writer and novelist. From the description of Letter to Bob Sharrard, 1986 December. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54097458 American expatriate author living in Morocco. From the description of Papers of Paul Bowles [manuscript], 1957-1984 ca. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821107 American expatriate writer. From the description of Paul Bowles letter to Bob Sharrard [manuscript], 1987 March...

Brookner, Howard

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Wilson, S. Clay ca. 20. Jh.

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The hand-made volumes were exchanged as greeting cards between the artists. From the description of [Jomo comix], 1990-2002. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54388235 These pencil drawings are examples of the early work of underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson. From the description of [Juvenilia], 1955-1956. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53995061 ...

Anderson, Laurie, 1947-....

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Ford, Charles Henri

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Charles Henri Ford (1913- ), writer, editor, and poet, is best known for his collections of surrealist poetry and for editing Blues, 1929-30, and View, 1940-1947. From the description of Charles Henri Ford papers, 1928-1947 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131650 American poet, playwright, painter, and publisher, born 1913, Hazelhurst, Miss. From the description of Charles Henri Ford papers, 1906-1989, bulk 1920-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...