Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet considered a literary iconoclast and the father of the Beat movement. He is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. Some of his most famous works include On the Road, about spontaneous road trips across America, The Dharma Bums, which examines the relationship between city and outdoor lifestyles, and Big Sur, which depicts Kerouac as a popular published author.

1. Jack Kerouac
Was an American novelist
and poet. He is considered a
literary iconoclast.
He was considered the
father of the beat
movement
Kerouac is recognized for his
spontaneous method of writing,
covering topics such as Catholic
spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Bud
dhism, drugs, poverty, and travel.

2. His Life
Jack Kerouac was Born on 1922 in Lowell Massachusetts.
Kerouac joined the United States Merchant Marine in 1942, and in 1943 joined
the United States Navy, but he only served eight days of active duty before
arriving on the sick list with a diagnosis of schizoid personality.
Later, he lived with his parents in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens,
after they also moved to New York. He wrote his first novel, The Town and the
City, and began the famous On the Road around 1949 while living there.

3. Publishers rejected On the Road because of its experimental writing style and its
sympathetic tone towards minorities and marginalized social groups of post-War
America. Many editors were also uncomfortable with the idea of publishing a book that
contained what were, for the era, graphic descriptions of drug use and homosexual
behavior.
In 1957, after being rejected by several other firms, On the Road was finally purchased
by Viking Press, which demanded major revisions prior to publication.
The success of On the Road brought Kerouac instant fame. His celebrity status brought
publishers desiring unwanted manuscripts which were previously rejected before its
publication.

4. After Kerouac became famous he continued writing books and also doing movies and a lot
of other more projects which he called was the beat generation.
On 20 October 1969, Kerouac died because of too much drinking he had hemorrhage and
bleed out to death.

5. Works
On the Road - Work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and
his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a
defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired
by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences.
The Dharma Bums - This is the sequel from On the road. The book largely concerns duality
in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship that the
outdoors, bicycling, mountaineering, hiking and hitchhiking through
the West had with his city life of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and
drunken parties.
Big Sur - The novel departs from Kerouac's previous fictionalized
autobiographical series in that the character Duluoz is shown as a
popular, published author; Kerouac's previous novels are restricted to
depicting Kerouac's days as a bohemian traveler.