Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Jack Kerouac across 7 places, from 1922 to 1966.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Jack Kerouac is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Jack Kerouac was documented, and when
12 March 1922exact date
Lowell, Massachusettsattested“Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to French Canadian parents, Léo-Alcide Kéroack and Gabrielle-Ange Lévesque.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1953year
New York Cityattested“In 1953, he lived mostly in New York City, having a brief but passionate affair with Alene Lee, an African-American woman, and member of the Beat generation.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1953year
New Yorkattested“In 1953, he lived mostly in New York City, having a brief but passionate affair with Alene Lee, an African-American woman, and member of the Beat generation.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1954year
San Jose, Californiaattested“In 1954, Kerouac discovered Dwight Goddard's A Buddhist Bible at the San Jose Library, which marked the beginning of his study of Buddhism.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1956year
Mill Valleyattested“While living with Snyder outside Mill Valley, California, in 1956, Kerouac worked on a book about him, which he considered calling Visions of Gary.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
July 1957month
College Park (Orlando)attested“In July 1957, Kerouac moved to a small house at 1418½ Clouser Avenue in the College Park section of Orlando, Florida, to await the release of On the Road.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1966year
Hyannis, Massachusettsattested“Kerouac moved in with his mother in Hyannis, Massachusetts, for almost a year in 1966.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
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1940year
Boston Collegementioned“Kerouac's skills as running back in football for Lowell High School earned him scholarship offers from Boston College, Notre Dame, and Columbia University, where he enrolled in 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
April 1951month
Manhattanmentioned“Building upon previous drafts tentatively titled "The Beat Generation" and "Gone on the Road", he completed what is now known as On the Road in April 1951, while living at 454 West 20th Street in Manhattan with his second wife, Joan Have…”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
December 1952month
Mexicomentioned“The novella, completed in five days in Mexico during December 1952, is a telling example of Kerouac's attempts at writing in his first language, a language he often called Canuck French.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1958year
Californiamentioned“In response, Kerouac chronicled parts of his own experience with Buddhism, as well as some of his adventures with Gary Snyder and other San Francisco–area poets, in The Dharma Bums, set in California and Washington and published in 1958.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1965year
New Yorkmentioned“In 1965, he met the poet Youenn Gwernig who was a Breton American like him in New York, and they became friends.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
1968year
Mexicomentioned“In 1968, Neal Cassady also died while in Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: Jack Kerouac
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