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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: 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: Cities of the Red Night

    First published in 1982 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition citiesofrednight00burr
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  • Cover of: The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (Burroughs, William S.)

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The soft machine

    First published in 1967 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Naked Lunch

    First published in 1984 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cities of the Red Night: A Novel

    First published in 1982 3 editions in 1 language
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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: Exterminator! A novel

    First published in 1976 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: William S. Burroughs: commissioner of sewers

    First published in 1989 3 editions in 3 languages
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  • Cover of: APO-33: bulletin : a metabolic regulator : a report on the synthesis of the apomorphine formula

    First published in 1966 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dead fingers talk

    First published in 1963 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Everything lost: the Latin American notebook of William S. Burroughs

    First published in 2008 3 editions in 1 language
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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: Junky

    First published in 2009 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Letters 1945-59

    First published in 2009 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The adding machine: selected essays

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Place of Dead Roads (Place of Dead Roads)

    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Trip to hell and back

    First published in 1986 2 editions in 1 language
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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), Burroughs, william s., 1914-1997, Drug addicts, Fiction, general, American literature, Authors, american, American Novelists, Alienation (Social psychology), American Authors, Gay men, Beat generation, Correspondence, Drug abuse, Interviews, Authors, biography, Authors, correspondence, Ginsberg, allen, 1926-1997, Drug withdrawal symptoms, Heroin abuse, American Science fiction, Amphetamine, Authorship, Beats (Persons), Children of authors
Places
United States, Kentucky, Mexico, New Orleans (La.), East Village (New York, N.Y.), New York, West (U.S.), Amazon River Region, Latin America, Madagascar, Mexico City, Morocco, New Mexico, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Tangier, West United States
People
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), William S. Burroughs (1914-), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Brion Gysin, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Allen Ginsberg (1926-), Bruce Weber (1946-), Daniel Bau Geste, Dutch Schultz (1900 or 1-1935), Dutch Schultz (1900 or 1901-1935), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), Lucien Carr (1925-2005), William Lee
Time
20th century, 1933-1945, 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