A resolution commemorating the life and legacy of Jean-Louis de Kerouac on the centennial of his birth on March 12, 2022.

Bill: 117-sres-541
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-03-10
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Literature
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1123)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution recognizes and commemorates the enduring contribution of Jack Kerouac's work to American literary culture and beyond on the centennial of his birth on March 12, 2022. </p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 541 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 10 (legislative day, March 7), 2022 Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Commemorating the life and legacy of Jean-Louis de Kérouac on the centennial of his birth on March 12, 2022.

Whereas Jean-Louis de Kérouac, better known as Jack , was a giant of American literature and favorite son of Lowell, Massachusetts; Whereas, alongside Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac ignited the literary movement in the 1950s known as the Beat Generation ; Whereas the Beat Generation’s rebuke against traditional values and materialism created the foundation for subsequent counterculture movements in America and beyond; Whereas the beatnik stereotype dominated popular media and culture in the 1950s and 1960s, an amalgamation of Kerouac’s self-expressive, unconventional characters; Whereas the Beatles took their name after the movement, while artists such as Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison cite Kerouac’s work as major influences; and Whereas, more than half a century since his death, Kerouac’s novels still fire the imagination, particularly of young people, and serve as a tribute to their culture-changing origins: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate recognizes and commemorates the enduring contribution of Jack Kerouac’s work to American literary culture and beyond on the centennial of his birth.