Jack Kerouac (12 March 1922 – 21 October 1969), born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, was an American novelist, poet, and artist. He was a central figure among Beat Generation writers.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Alternative Names:
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
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Kerouac
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Jean-Louis Kerouac
I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.
Pretty girls make graves.
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