Kerouac

[ ker-oo-ak ]

noun

1. Jack Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac, 1922–69, U.S. novelist.

Kerouac

/ ˈkɛrʊˌæk /

noun

1. KerouacJack19221969MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Jack, real name Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac. 1922–69, US novelist and poet of the Beat Generation. His works include On the Road (1957) and Big Sur (1962)

Example Sentences

It’s clear Bechdel has put Kerouac’s experience, as detailed in The Dharma Bums, on a spiritual pedestal.

From Outside Online

Thirty-five years ago, Dennis McNally wrote a life of Beat icon Jack Kerouac.

From The Daily Beast

In 1979 I published Desolate Angel/Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America.

From The Daily Beast

Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady came through for the booze, and Cassady actually died in SMA in 1968.

From The Daily Beast

We convened at the White Horse Tavern, under the glum and bleary eyes of Dylan Thomas, Norman Mailer, and Jack Kerouac.

From The Daily Beast

“I cannot write my native language and have no native home any more,” Kerouac wrote in 1950.

From The Daily Beast

I worked on my Beat paper all the next day at home, reading the Kerouac and surfing the Xnet.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead I went up to my room and worked on my Kerouac paper.

From Project Gutenberg