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Article: Jack Kerouac
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Jack Kerouac (John Kerouac) , 1922-69, American novelist, b. Lowell, Mass., studied at Columbia. One of the leaders of the
beat generation
, a term he is said to have coined, he was the author of the largely autobiographical novel
On the Road
(1957), widely considered the testament of the beat movement. Frequently employing idiosyncratically lyrical language, Kerouac's writings reflect a frenetic, restless pursuit of new sensation and experience and a disdain for the conventional measures of economic and social success. Among his other works are the novels
The Subterraneans
(1958),
The Dharma Bums
(1958),
Big Sur
(1962), and
Desolation Angels
(1965); a volume of poetry,
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