Jack Kerouac
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and one of the most prominent members of the Beat Generation. His writings, most of which were autobiographical, revolved most of the time around his own adventures throughout the world, and also around some of his own ponderings and reflections that ensued during the course of his life.
 Map of Jack Kerouac's trips across America |
 Jack Kerouac by Tom Palumbo circa 1956 |
-4876145.jpg) Beginning of the original typed roll where Kerouac wrote On the Road. The first sentence is: "I first met met Neal not long after my father died..." Later it would be replaced by the definitive one: "I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up". |
 House in Orlando, Florida where Kerouac lived and wrote The Dharma Bums |
 Jack Kerouac's poem in the center of his namesake alley. |
