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life and works
'''William S. Burroughs''' (1914 - 1997) was an [[American]] author. He attended [[Harvard University]]. His works include ''The Naked Lunch'' (1959), ''Nova Express'' (1964), and ''Cities of the Red Night'' (1981).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref>
'''William S. Burroughs''' (1914 - 1997) was an [[American]] author. He attended [[Harvard University]]. His works include ''The Naked Lunch'' (1959), ''Nova Express'' (1964), and ''Cities of the Red Night'' (1981).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref>
==Life and Works==
Burroughs was born February 5, 1914.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/william-s-burroughs-9232376</ref> As a child, he was of a privileged background and interested in writing journals and essays, which enabled him to attend [[Harvard University]].<ref>http://www.famousauthors.org/william-s-burroughs</ref> He moved to Europe and became a homosexual, was unable to serve in the Second World War, and moved to New York City in 1943.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/william-seward-burroughs-3219.php</ref> He joined the Beat movement, writing in disgusting detail about his homosexual activities, married twice, moved to Mexico, shot his wife as a prank, and kept correspondence with [[Allen Ginsberg]], who encouraged him to write while coping with his heroin addiction.<ref>"Burroughs,
William S." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> He wrote ''Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict'' (1953) and ''The Naked Lunch'' (1959) in poorly metered verse, satires of the drug-obscured milieu he brought upon himself, and died August 2, 1997.
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