This document provides a biography of Jack Kerouac in 3 paragraphs. It notes that he was an American novelist and poet born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts to French Canadian immigrants. He was a key figure in the Beat Generation known for works that defied 1950s American culture. The biography discusses his brief military service, involvement in a murder case with his friend, and early failed marriage before composing his first novel while living with his parents in New York in 1944.