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Frye, Northrop

  • Personne
  • 1912-1991

Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 - January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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  • 1922-1969

Kerouac, Jack (b. Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) (Jean-Louis, Jean Louis Incognito, John Kerouac, pen-names.) Born in Lowell, Mass. He studied at Columbia University (1940-42), and served in the Merchant Marine (1942; 1943) and the Navy (1943). Later he studied at the New School for Social Research (1948-49). He lived with his mother in Lowell, held a variety of jobs, and traveled throughout the United States and Mexico. The publication of On the Road (1957), an autobiographical tale of his wanderings with Neal Cassady, established his reputation as a spokesman for the Beat Generation. His last major work, Big Sur (1962), described the price he paid for success, and he lived out his final years back in Lowell with his mother.

Klein, A. M. (Abraham Moses), 1909-1972

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  • 1909-1972

A. M. Klein was a Canadian poet who was born in the Ukraine of orthodox Jewish parents; he grew up in Montreal and became a lawyer by profession. As a student at McGill he founded a literary magazine and was associated with the "Montreal Group" of poets. His publications include: Hath Not a Jew (1940); The Hitleriad (1944); The Rocking Chair (1948); and Collected Poems; (1990).

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