![]() ![]() Though completed in 1945, the book didn’t see publication until 2008. He co-wrote a novel with Jack Kerouac.īurroughs befriended Jack Kerouac in New York City, where they worked together on the crime novel And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (the pair wrote alternating chapters). He later commemorated this episode in his short story, “The Finger.” 3. Where the Dutch painter clipped part of his ear (or possibly the entire thing) and offered it to a prostitute, Burroughs opted to amputate the end joint of his left pinkie finger and presented it to a boyfriend he was obsessed with. This recurring gift provided him with considerable personal freedom (perhaps a bit too much at times). Following young Burroughs’s graduation from Harvard in 1936, he began receiving a monthly allowance-which lasted until age 50. His grandfather, William Seward Burroughs, had invented the first functional adding machine and founded what later became the Burroughs Corporation, which manufactured business equipment. Though he wasn’t extremely wealthy, Burroughs did come from money. Here are 10 facts about the Naked Lunch author in honor of what would be his 105th birthday. Louis, Missouri on Febru-was destined for counterculture notoriety. ![]() With a life as mischievous as his prose, William S. ![]()
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