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Kerouac

American  
[ker-oo-ak] / ˈkɛr uˌæk /

noun

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


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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Jack Kerouac sought enlightenment there; his compatriot Neal Cassady was imprisoned there, in San Quentin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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 ● Dec. 26, 2025

It featured songs from Radiohead, The Beatles, Kate Bush and Abba, sandwiched between interludes of Jack Kerouac poems and radio comedy.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

She wouldn’t have guessed Jack Kerouac would be this young, and from her dad’s descriptions she hadn’t pictured him as someone who wore argyle.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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