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William S. Burroughs

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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Born 1914
Died 1997

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  • Cover of: Naked lunch: the restored text

    First published in 1959 50 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition nakedlunchrestor00burr Cover of edition nakedluh00burr Cover of edition nakedlunch00burr Cover of edition isbn_9780802132956 Cover of edition nakedlunchrestor0000burr_f6c6 Cover of edition nakedlunch0000burr
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    First published in 1985 19 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition queernovel00burr
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  • Cover of: Junky

    First published in 1953 19 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition junky00burr Cover of edition junkie01burr
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  • Cover of: The soft machine

    First published in 1961 11 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The ticket that exploded

    First published in 1962 11 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition ticketthatexplod0000burr Cover of edition ticketthatexplod00burr_0
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  • Cover of: Exterminator!: A novel

    First published in 1960 8 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The wild boys: a book of the dead

    First published in 1971 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The place of dead roads

    First published in 1983 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition placeofdeadroads0000burr
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  • Cover of: The last words of Dutch Schultz

    First published in 1970 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Port of saints

    First published in 1973 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The yage letters

    First published in 1963 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition yageletters0000burr
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  • Cover of: Ali's smile

    First published in 1971 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Interzone

    First published in 1989 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition interzone00burr
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  • Cover of: The job: interviews with William S. Burroughs

    First published in 1974 4 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition jobinterviewswit0000burr_i6b8
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  • Cover of: My education: a book of dreams

    First published in 1995 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition myeducationbooko00burr_0
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  • Cover of: The western lands

    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition westernlands0000burr_c6s3 Cover of edition westernlands00burr_0
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  • Cover of: Cursed from birth: the short, unhappy life of William S. Burroughs, Jr.

    First published in 2001 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The retreat diaries

    First published in 1976 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letters of William S. Burroughs

    First published in 1998 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Born 1914
Died 1997
Subjects
Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drug addicts, Burroughs, william s., 1914-1997, Alienation (Social psychology), American Novelists, Fiction, general, Drug withdrawal symptoms, American Authors, Authors, american, Correspondence, Amphetamine, Gay men, Heroin abuse, Recovering addicts, American literature, Authorship, Beat generation, Biography, Children of authors, Diaries, Drug Use, Drug abuse, Fiction in English, Fiction, biographical
Places
Kentucky, United States, Mexico, New York, West (U.S.), Amazon River Region, East Village (New York, N.Y.), Madagascar, Morocco, New Mexico, New Orleans (La.), New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Tangier, West United States
People
William S. Burroughs (1914-), William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Dutch Schultz (1900 or 1-1935), Lucien Carr (1925-2005), William Lee
Time
20th century, 1950's, 1950s

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Alternative names

  • William Seward Burroughs
  • William S. Burroughs, Jr.
  • William Burroughs
  • WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

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December 3, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa Added identifiers
November 15, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
July 10, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
July 10, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import