William S. Burroughs 8 pictures

Writer, Actor, Soundtrack
William S. Burroughs, one of the three seminal writers of the Beat Generation (the other two being his friends Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg), was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 5, 1914, to the son of the founder of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. He grew up in patrician surroundings and attended private school in Los Alamos, New ...

Born: February 5, 1914
Star sign: Aquarius
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Known for: Naked Lunch (1991), The Junky's Christmas (1993), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Thanksgiving Prayer (1991)
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