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William S. Burroughs moved to the Tangier International Zone in 1954, shortly after the publication of his first novel Junkie. Burroughs was attracted by the zone's reputation for allowing drug use and homosexuality, as portrayed in the works of Paul Bowles, β and declared his intention to "steep myself in vice". [4]
Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict, or Junky, is a 1953 novel by American Beat generation writer William S. Burroughs. The book follows "William Lee" as he struggles with his addiction to morphine and heroin. Burroughs based the story on his own experiences with drugs, and he published it under the pen name William Lee.
Their drug use was broadly inspired by intellectual interest, and many Beat writers thought that their drug experiences enhanced creativity, insight, or productivity. [45] The use of drugs was a key influence on many of the social events of the time that were personal to the Beat generation.
William Seward Burroughs II (/ ˈ b ʌr oʊ z /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll explores several interwoven themes: . Cut-Up Technique and Sonic Experimentation: Rae traces how Burroughs’ cut-up method, co-established with visual artist Brion Gysin, influenced musicians like Bowie and the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, encouraging experimentation via sonic and lyrical fragmentation and recontextualizing.
My Education: A Book of Dreams (1995) (ISBN 0-14-009454-7) is the final novel by William S. Burroughs to be published before his death in 1997. It is a collection of dreams, taken from various decades, along with a few comments about the War on Drugs and paragraphs created with the cut-up technique.
In 1947, Burroughs was born in Conroe, Texas, to William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer.His mother was addicted to amphetamines, and his father was a heroin addict. Herbert Huncke, a friend of his parents, relates that when Joan was pregnant he would drive into Houston to obtain Benzedrine, an inhaled amphetamine, for her.
The Ticket That Exploded is a 1962 novel by American author William S. Burroughs, published by Olympia Press and later by Grove Press in 1967. Together with The Soft Machine and Nova Express it is part of a trilogy, referred to as The Nova Trilogy, created using the cut-up technique, although for this book Burroughs used a variant called 'the fold-in' method.