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Informationen zum Autor William Burroughs was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1914. Immensely influential among the Beat writers of the 1950s – notably Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg – he already had an underground reputation before the appearance of his first important book, ‘Naked Lunch’. William Burroughs died in 1997. James Grauerholz is a writer and editor. He is most famous as the bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs. He worked as Burroughs’ assistant, and became his friend, business manager and editor until the author's death in 1997. Grauerholz wrote biographical sketches to a Burroughs reader Word Virus , and edited a posthumous release of Burroughs diaries Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs . Zusammenfassung ‘Where are the snows of yesteryear. And the speedballs I useta know? Well, I guess it’s time for my Ovaltine and a long good night.’

Product details

• Authors: William Burroughs
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.04.2010
• EAN: 9780007341948
• ISBN: 978-0-00-734194-8
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, North America, Memoirs, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary essays, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers, North America (USA & Canada), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)