American Beat Poet Jack Kerouac

 Jack Kerouac 
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
Jack Kerouac
 Jean-Louis "Jack" Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist & poet.
He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel.
He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.
In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from internal bleeding due to long term abuse of alcohol.
Since his death Kerouac's literary prestige has grown and several previously unseen works have been published.

All of his books are in print today, among them: 'On the Road', 'Doctor Sax,' 'The Sea is My Brother',  ' The Dharma Bums', 'Mexico City Blues', 'The Subterraneans', 'Desolation Angels', 'Visions of Cody' etc.