William S. Burroughs VIII

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_S._Burroughs_VIII

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:William_S._Burroughs
gptkbp:arrested	manslaughter drug possession
gptkbp:birthDate	February 5, 1914
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	heart attack
gptkbp:child	gptkb:William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith	gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg gptkb:Brion_Gysin gptkb:Genesis_P-Orridge gptkb:Gus_Van_Sant gptkb:Jack_Kerouac gptkb:Robert_Wilson gptkb:The_Beatles gptkb:Tom_Waits gptkb:U2 gptkb:Sonic_Youth gptkb:Ian_Sommerville gptkb:James_Grauerholz gptkb:John_Giorno gptkb:Laurie_Anderson gptkb:Terry_Southern gptkb:David_Bowie gptkb:R.E.M. gptkb:Paul_Bowles gptkb:Frank_Zappa gptkb:Kurt_Cobain gptkb:The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy minister Anthony Balch Brian Gysin
gptkbp:deathDate	August 2, 1997
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName	William Seward Burroughs VIII
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:novel gptkb:science_fiction autobiography essay satire short story
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William S. Burroughs VIII
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:David_Cronenberg gptkb:Genesis_P-Orridge gptkb:Irvine_Welsh gptkb:J.G._Ballard gptkb:Lou_Reed gptkb:Patti_Smith gptkb:William_Gibson gptkb:Kathy_Acker gptkb:Grant_Morrison gptkb:Kurt_Cobain
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald gptkb:Jack_Kerouac gptkb:Jean_Genet
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:Army_Medical_Corps
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:United_States_Army 1942
gptkbp:movement	gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent	accidentally shot and killed his wife 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
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Laura_Hammon_Lee gptkb:Mortimer_Perry_Burroughs
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:London,_United_Kingdom gptkb:Mexico_City,_Mexico gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States gptkb:Paris,_France gptkb:Tangier,_Morocco gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas,_United_States
gptkbp:sexualOrientation	bisexual
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) biography: Literary Outlaw by Ted Morgan
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ACT_UP_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7