
I was born to hustle roses down the avenues of the dead.
To create art means
to be crazy alone
forever.
Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
Birth: | 16th August, 1920 |
Death: | 9th March, 1994 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet, Writer |
Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany. He was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His work addresses the ordinary lives of rich Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife".
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