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Jack Kerouac

(Jean Louis Kerouac)
novelist
Born: 3/12/1922
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts

Novelist and leader of the Beat generation. His books include On the Road (1957), considered the lasting testament of the Beat movement, and The Subterraneans (1958).

Died: 10/21/1969

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