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Jack Kerouac, born Jean Louis Kerouac on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, was an American writer and poet who became the leading chronicler of the beat generation, a term he coined to describe a social and literary movement in the 1950s. After a brief period of study at Columbia University, Kerouac gained fame for his spontaneous and unconventional prose, particularly with his novel "On The Road," published in 1957. Following this success, he wrote a series of thematically and structurally similar novels, including "The Dharma Bums" and "The Subterraneans" (both 1958), "Doctor Sax" (1959), "Lonesome Traveler" (1960), and "Big Sur" (1962). His loosely structured, autobiographical works reflect a peripatetic life, characterized by warm yet tumultuous relationships and a profound sense of social disillusionment, often addressed through drugs, alcohol, mysticism, and biting humor. Jack Kerouac passed away on October 21, 1969, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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