William J. Burroughs

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artist
gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:arrested manslaughter
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-02-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-08-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
postmodern literature
satire
transgressive fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William J. Burroughs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
gptkb:David_Cronenberg
gptkb:Genesis_P-Orridge
gptkb:Hunter_S._Thompson
gptkb:J.G._Ballard
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aldous_Huxley
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Jack_Black
gptkb:Jean_Genet
gptkbp:knownFor cut-up technique
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Beat_Generation
Counterculture
Postmodern literature
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent accidentally shot and killed Joan Vollmer in 1951
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:artist
gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Mexico_City,_Mexico
gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkb:Tangier,_Morocco
gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas,_United_States
gptkbp:sexualOrientation gay
gptkbp:signature William S Burroughs signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Vollmer
gptkbp:subjectOf documentary: William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
documentary: Burroughs: The Movie (1983)
film: Naked Lunch (1991)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Science_of_Weather
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6