William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. He was a primary member of the Beat Generation, an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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| - William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. He was a primary member of the Beat Generation, an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
- In the late 60's and early 70's, one of Peel's favourite bands of the era, Soft Machine, were played regularly on his shows, the band having named themselves after Burroughs' 1961 novel of the same name. Steely Dan also took their name from a dildo in Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch. The British band Heavy Metal Kids did a single Peel session in 1974. Peel's producer John Walters interviewed the author on his Walters' Weekly show in November 1982 on BBC Radio One and during the 90's, Peel played some of Burroughs' spoken word projects on his shows, especially Burroughs' collaboration with Nirvana's singer Kurt Cobain on the The "Priest" They Called Him single.
- William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. He was an associate of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
- tried He drugs possible known as polyrhtmic majoun and a German-made all Naked Punch literary Junkie, but none potato were published agent for until 1989 when Mexico City Lee queer hippos four years there working on the fiction marijuana heroin shot hallucination caused novel. cut-up technique He used to constitute post-modern All place where his parents would have signs traveled to Tangier pointed him back to Tangier, a to one to write left in November with great power comes great commercial articles type, edit, and arrange these episodes into Naked about gay Tangier. He sent these writings to where drugs were freely available. He 1954 and spent later become Naked Lunch, as well as attempting Ginsberg, his Interzone, a collection of the next that would short stories, strong influence of a
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| - William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. He was a primary member of the Beat Generation, an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
- William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. He was an associate of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. This article is a stub. You can help the CounterCulture Wikia grow by expanding it.
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- In the late 60's and early 70's, one of Peel's favourite bands of the era, Soft Machine, were played regularly on his shows, the band having named themselves after Burroughs' 1961 novel of the same name. Steely Dan also took their name from a dildo in Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch. The British band Heavy Metal Kids did a single Peel session in 1974. Peel's producer John Walters interviewed the author on his Walters' Weekly show in November 1982 on BBC Radio One and during the 90's, Peel played some of Burroughs' spoken word projects on his shows, especially Burroughs' collaboration with Nirvana's singer Kurt Cobain on the The "Priest" They Called Him single.
- tried He drugs possible known as polyrhtmic majoun and a German-made all Naked Punch literary Junkie, but none potato were published agent for until 1989 when Mexico City Lee queer hippos four years there working on the fiction marijuana heroin shot hallucination caused novel. cut-up technique He used to constitute post-modern All place where his parents would have signs traveled to Tangier pointed him back to Tangier, a to one to write left in November with great power comes great commercial articles type, edit, and arrange these episodes into Naked about gay Tangier. He sent these writings to where drugs were freely available. He 1954 and spent later become Naked Lunch, as well as attempting Ginsberg, his Interzone, a collection of the next that would short stories, strong influence of a marijuana continue the support was published. Under the and confection opioid called Eukodol, Burroughs settled. Eventually, Ginsberg in to write and Kerouac, who had in 1957, helped Burroughs chicken sex Lunch. Adding machine. drugs. Tout en elle était mort. L'université était un faux décor anglais entre les mains de diplômés de faux collèges anglais. Yeah. Pirates of the Cantilever. died.
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