who was jack kerouac?
Jack Kerouac (/ËkÉruËÃ¦k/ or /ËkÉrÉËwÃ¦k/, born Jean-Louis Lebris de KÃ©rouac; March 12, 1922 â October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel.