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Kerouac

[ ker-oo-ak ]

noun

  1. Jack Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac, 1922–69, U.S. novelist.


Kerouac

/ ˈɛʊˌæ /

noun

  1. KerouacJack19221969MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Jack, real name Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac. 1922–69, US novelist and poet of the Beat Generation. His works include On the Road (1957) and Big Sur (1962)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The lawsuit says Kerouac suffered “bodily injury,” and he has required mental health care and counseling since the incident in January 2022.

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In Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel “On the Road,” Sal Paradise visits the track with his friend, who loses all their money.

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Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso and the gang doted on the little girl who played Bach for them.

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“Route 66” was said to have been inspired by Jack Kerouac’s novel “On the Road,” and it spawned its own hit song, an instrumental composed by Nelson Riddle.

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It may come as no surprise that Jack Kerouac, the restless prosemaster who wrote “On the Road,” did not like L.A., a city as improvised as he.

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