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Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet, a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
* He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922.
* He attended Columbia University, where he met Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.
* His most famous book, On the Road, was published in 1957.
* The book chronicled his travels across the United States with his friends.
* Kerouac's writing style, known as "spontaneous prose," was influenced by jazz music.
* He died of alcoholism in 1969 at the age of 47.
* His work continues to be influential, and he is considered one of the most important American writers of the 20th century.
I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.
But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
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