Jack Kerouac
Birth Name:
Jean-Louis Kerouac
Birth Place:
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Writer, Soundtrack, Actor
Fast Facts
- Was given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2007
- Played running back for the football team at Columbia University
- Got his start as a writer by contributing articles to Columbia University's student newspaper
- Was best known for his work as the writer who influenced the beat movement
- During World War II, he served in the U․S․ Navy for eight days
- Growing up as a French speaker, he did not learn to speak English until he was six years old
- Started out writing his book "On the Road" in French at first