Jack Kerouac (born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); 1922 – 1969) was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent.
He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose, and writing on long scrolls of paper.
His work covers such topics as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.
Kerouac joined the United States Merchant Marine in 1942 and in 1943 joined the United States Navy, but served only eight days of active duty before being placed on the sick list.
Medic has obtained Jack Kerouac’s military records from the National Archives. File 1, File 2, File 3.
According to his medical report, Kerouac said he “asked for an aspirin for his headaches and they diagnosed me {with} dementia praecox and sent me here.” The medical examiner reported that Kerouac’s military adjustment was poor, quoting Kerouac: “I just can’t stand it; I like to be by myself.” Two days later he was honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds (he was of “indifferent character” with a diagnosis of “schizoid personality”).
While serving in the United States Merchant Marine, Kerouac wrote his first novel, The Sea Is My Brother. Although written in 1942, the book was not published until 2011, some 42 years after Kerouac’s death and 70 years after it was written. Kerouac described the work as being about “man’s simple revolt from society as it is, with the inequalities, frustration, and self-inflicted agonies.” He viewed the work as a failure, calling it a “crock 
as literature”, and he never actively sought to publish it.
In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since his death, Kerouac’s literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published. All of his books are in print today, including The Town and the City, On the Road, Doctor Sax, The Dharma Bums, Mexico City Blues, The Subterraneans, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody, The Sea Is My Brother, and Big Sur.
In 2007 Kerouac was honored posthumously with a Doctor of Letters degree from his hometown University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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source: wikipedia
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); 1922 – 1969) was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent.
He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose, and writing on long scrolls of paper.
His work covers such topics as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.
Medic has obtained Jack Kerouac’s military records from the National Archives. File 1, File 2, File 3.
According to his medical report, Kerouac said he “asked for an aspirin for his headaches and they diagnosed me {with} dementia praecox and sent me here.” The medical examiner reported that Kerouac’s military adjustment was poor, quoting Kerouac: “I just can’t stand it; I like to be by myself.” Two days later he was honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds (he was of “indifferent character” with a diagnosis of “schizoid personality”).
While serving in the United States Merchant Marine, Kerouac wrote his first novel, The Sea Is My Brother. Although written in 1942, the book was not published until 2011, some 42 years after Kerouac’s death and 70 years after it was written. Kerouac described the work as being about “man’s simple revolt from society as it is, with the inequalities, frustration, and self-inflicted agonies.” He viewed the work as a failure, calling it a “crock
as literature”, and he never actively sought to publish it.
In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since his death, Kerouac’s literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published. All of his books are in print today, including The Town and the City, On the Road, Doctor Sax, The Dharma Bums, Mexico City Blues, The Subterraneans, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody, The Sea Is My Brother, and Big Sur.
In 2007 Kerouac was honored posthumously with a Doctor of Letters degree from his hometown University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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source: wikipedia