Kerouac

American  

[ker-oo-ak] / ˈkɛr uˌæk /

noun

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

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Kerouac British  

/ ˈkɛrʊˌæk /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

This certainly seems to be the thinking behind people who apply for short-term residences to work at Edith Wharton’s large house in Massachusetts, or to stay at one of Jack Kerouac’s homes in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal

A keen illustrator, he was also responsible for more than 200 book covers, including the first UK edition of Jack Kerouac's On The Road.

From BBC

The hilarious essay on Allen Ginsberg describes a fateful night in 1958 that Podhoretz spent arguing with the manic poet himself as Jack Kerouac sat silently by.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cowley worked his magic again in launching Jack Kerouac’s career, spending years talking up and excerpting “On the Road” in magazines before publishing the 1957 Beat touchstone with Viking to immediate acclaim.

From The Wall Street Journal

The show features wall text with a quote by Beat poet and writer Jack Kerouac.

From Los Angeles Times