William S. Burroughs - BiographyAmerican author (1914-1997) considered one of the founders of "The Beats", an unofficial group of novelists, poets and visual artists that emerged in the mid-1950s and are tied to the so-called "Beat Generation". A close colleague of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs is best known for his 1959 novel Naked Lunch, which was the subject of a landmark obscenity trial in the U.S. in the early 1960s, though he wrote many novels, short stories and essays during his prolific career. Also dabbled in filmmaking and acting. Became a father figure to many avant garde and innovative artists in the 1970s and beyond. Late in life appeared in films such as Drugstore Cowboy and Laurie Anderson's concert film, Home of the Brave, and recorded several albums that paired his readings with classic and hip-hop music. Publishers are inconsistent in including his middle initial, S. His first novel, Junkie (a.k.a. Junky) was also published as by William Lee. His son, William S. Burroughs Jr., was also a novelist who was occasionally credited as simply William S. Burroughs, creating some confusion. The senior Burroughs also revised a number of his works over the years, and since his death "expanded editions" have appeared of a number of his works, along with previously unpublished material such as a late-1940s novel co-written with Jack Kerouac. « Back to Biography Edit This Biography : Biography Credits
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