William Seward Burroughs
1914 - 1997
General Information
Bio
(1914-1997) Novelist, writer. William S. Burroughs lived at the Hotel Chelsea, West 23rd Street, and on West 115th Street in New York City. He was associated with the Beat movement.
Full Name
William Seward Burroughs
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Burroughs lived in Manhattan, New York, at the Hotel Chelsea, West 23rd Street, and on West 115th Street.
1914
BIRTH
William S. Burroughs was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1914.
1953
LITWORK
Junkie
0-14-200316-6
Autobiographical novel.
0-14-200316-6
Autobiographical novel.
1959
LITWORK
Naked Lunch
0-8021-3295-2
Novel.
0-8021-3295-2
Novel.
1961
LITWORK
The Soft Machine
0-8021-3329-0
Novel.
0-8021-3329-0
Novel.
1962
LITWORK
The Ticket That Exploded
0-8021-5150-7
Novel.
0-8021-5150-7
Novel.
1963
LITWORK
The Yage Letters
Nonfiction, with Allen Ginsberg.
Nonfiction, with Allen Ginsberg.
1964
LITWORK
Nova Express
0-8021-3330-4
Novel.
0-8021-3330-4
Novel.
1971
LITWORK
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead
0-8021-3331-2
Novel.
0-8021-3331-2
Novel.
1981
LITWORK
Cities of the Red Night: A Boys' Book
0-03-053976-5
Novel.
0-03-053976-5
Novel.
1984
OTHER
William Burroughs was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1984.
1984
LITWORK
The Place of Dead Roads
0-312-27865-9
Novel.
0-312-27865-9
Novel.
1985
LITWORK
Queer
0-14-008389-8
Autobiographical novel.
0-14-008389-8
Autobiographical novel.
1987
LITWORK
The Western Lands
0-14-009456-3
Novel.
0-14-009456-3
Novel.
1989
LITWORK
Interzone
0-14-009451-2
Short fiction.
0-14-009451-2
Short fiction.
1995
LITWORK
My Education: A Book of Dreams
0-14-009454-7
Semiautobiographical.
0-14-009454-7
Semiautobiographical.
1997
DEATH
William Burroughs died in Lawrence, Kansas in 1997.
1997
INTERMENT
William S. Burroughs was interred in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri.
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