William Burroughs

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:arrested manslaughter (death of Joan Vollmer)
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-02-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
gptkb:Brion_Gysin
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:Tom_Waits
gptkb:Laurie_Anderson
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-08-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Seward_Burroughs_II
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
postmodern literature
satire
beat literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Burroughs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Cronenberg
gptkb:Genesis_P-Orridge
gptkb:J.G._Ballard
gptkb:Lou_Reed
gptkb:Patti_Smith
gptkb:Tom_Waits
gptkb:William_Gibson
gptkb:Laurie_Anderson
gptkb:Kathy_Acker
gptkb:Robert_Anton_Wilson
gptkb:Frank_Zappa
gptkb:Grant_Morrison
gptkb:Kurt_Cobain
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:Jean_Genet
gptkbp:knownFor cut-up technique
drug culture
controversial themes
experimental writing
gptkbp:militaryService U.S. Army (briefly, World War II)
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Beat_Generation
postmodernism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Cities_of_the_Red_Night
gptkb:Junky
gptkb:Naked_Lunch
gptkb:Nova_Express
gptkb:Queer
gptkb:The_Place_of_Dead_Roads
gptkb:The_Soft_Machine
gptkb:The_Ticket_That_Exploded
gptkb:The_Western_Lands
gptkb:The_Wild_Boys
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
spoken word performer
gptkbp:relative William Seward Burroughs I (grandfather, inventor)
gptkbp:religion agnostic
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:London
gptkb:Mexico_City
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Tangier,_Morocco
gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
gptkbp:sexualOrientation gay
gptkbp:signature William S. Burroughs signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Vollmer
gptkbp:subjectOf documentary Burroughs: The Movie
documentary William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
film Naked Lunch
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Will_Self
gptkb:M._John_Harrison
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5