William S. Burroughs

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gptkb:Counterculture_of_the_1960s
gptkb:The_Beat_Generation
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gptkb:The_Beats
gptkb:Dadaism
gptkb:Surrealism
Cut-up technique
William Burroughs' literary style
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gptkb:Postmodern_literature
gptkb:Dadaism
gptkb:Surrealism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:William_Carlos_Williams_Award
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Nebula_Award
gptkb:The_Paris_Review's_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
gptkb:The_William_S._Burroughs_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1914-02-05
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:born February 5, 1914
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:1914
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:burial_place Burroughs family plot, Kansas.
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
gptkb:Julie_Burroughs
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Brion_Gysin
gptkbp:death_date 1997-08-02
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
gptkbp:died August 2, 1997
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:1997
gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkb:satire
postmodern literature
social criticism
influence on music
cultural commentary
influence on modern literature
homosexuality
influence on art
drug culture
anti-establishment views
exploration of consciousness
influence on film
literary experimentation
nonlinear narrative
subversive themes
influence on punk rock
influence on counterculture
experimental writing style
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
gptkb:novel
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:short_story
postmodern literature
Beat literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William S. Burroughs
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gptkb:Dadaism
gptkb:Surrealism
psychoanalysis
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gptkb:satire
gptkb:The_Soft_Machine
gptkb:The_Wild_Boys
social critique
Queer
exploration of identity
Cut-up technique
exploration of sexuality
Experimental writing
nonlinear narrative
cut-up technique
exploration of addiction
drug culture commentary
novel ' Naked Lunch'
Drug culture advocacy
exploration of control and power dynamics
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:William_Lee
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gptkb:Moshin_Hamid
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gptkb:Junky
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gptkb:Cities_of_the_Red_Night
gptkb:The_Adding_Machine
gptkb:The_Soft_Machine
gptkb:The_Wild_Boys
gptkb:The_Place_of_Dead_Roads
gptkb:The_Cat_Inside
gptkb:The_Last_Words_of_Dutch_Schultz
Queer
The Job
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:painter
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gptkb:sound_design
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
gptkbp:resting_place Burroughs family plot, Kansas.
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ishmael_Reed
gptkb:Joan_Vollmer
gptkbp:website http://www.williamburroughs.com
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Naked_Lunch
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gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_USA
gptkb:Kathy_Acker
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gptkb:The_Beat_Generation
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gptkb:Louis-Ferdinand_Céline
gptkb:City_of_St._Louis
gptkb:Neuromancer
gptkb:Tom_Waits
gptkb:William_Gibson
gptkb:The_Black_Rider
gptkb:The_Wild_Boys_(novel)
gptkb:The_Black_Rider:_The_Casting_of_the_Magic_Bullets
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