Author · 1914–1997

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997). Born in St. Louis.

Our catalogue lists 5 books by William S. Burroughs, mostly gay fiction, queer science fiction and queer fantasy. They span 1961 to 1985. The most-read is Queer (1985).

Books by William S. Burroughs

Queer
William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris
1985★ 3.5
The Soft Machine
William S. Burroughs
1961★ 3.4
Cities of the Red Night
William S. Burroughs
1981★ 3.8
The Yage Letters
William S. Burroughs
1963
The Place of Dead Roads
William S. Burroughs
1983

Awards

✦Nebula Awards 1966 — Best Novel, Nova Express (nominee)
✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Short Story, The Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar (nominee)

From Wikipedia

William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature. Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable narrators. Also noted as semi-autobiographical, his work often drew from his experiences with drug addiction, and featured his various places of residence as settings in much of his work. With Brion Gysin, Burroughs popularized the cut-up, an aleatory literary technique. His writing also engaged frequent mystical, occult, or otherwise magical themes, constant preoccupations in his fiction and real life.

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Facts

Born: 1914, St. Louis
Died: 1997
Nationality: United States
Occupation: artist, essayist, librettist, musician
Genres: autobiography, dystopian literature, satire, science fiction

Source: Wikidata

Books by William S. Burroughs

Queer

The Soft Machine

Cities of the Red Night

The Yage Letters

The Place of Dead Roads

Awards

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