Charles Bukowski

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Barfly
gptkb:Factotum
gptkb:Post_Office_(film)
Love is a Dog From Hell (film)
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Black_Sparrow_Press
gptkb:The_Little_Magazine
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:PEN_Center_USA_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1920-08-16
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Andernach,_Germany
gptkbp:born August 16, 1920
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Marina_Bukowski
gptkb:Katherine_Bukowski
gptkb:Nikolas_Bukowski
gptkbp:death_date 1994-03-09
gptkbp:died March 9, 1994
gptkbp:famous_for working-class struggles
depictions of urban life
exploration of the human condition
his raw and gritty writing style
sexual themes
alcoholism themes
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:poetry
autobiographical fiction
dirty realism
transgressive fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Bukowski
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Portis
gptkb:Richard_Brautigan
gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Ray_Bradbury
gptkb:Hunter_S._Thompson
gptkb:Kurt_Vonnegut
gptkb:Jim_Morrison
gptkb:William_S._Burroughs
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:Raymond_Carver
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:Tom_Waits
gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
gptkb:film
contemporary poetry
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Henry_Miller
gptkb:John_Fante
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:poetry
gptkb:novels
autobiographical elements
exploration of the human condition
dirty realism
depiction of urban life
raw and gritty style
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:women
gptkb:Post_Office
gptkb:Love_is_a_Dog_From_Hell
gptkb:Ham_on_Rye
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:quote “ An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
“ We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t.”
“ It’s better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.”
“ Find what you love and let it kill you.”
“ I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Green_Hills_Memorial_Park
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Linda_Lee_Bukowski
gptkbp:website bukowski.net
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:women
gptkb:Pulp
gptkb:Post_Office
gptkb:Love_is_a_Dog_From_Hell
gptkb:Ham_on_Rye
gptkb:Mockingbird_Wish_Me_Luck
gptkb:Notes_of_a_Dirty_Old_Man
gptkb:Factotum
The Last Night of the Earth Poems
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Frey
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:Tom_Waits
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4