- Poetry, American poetry, Fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years.
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Character-led, contemplative, intimate and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Charles Bukowski
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 313
- Publisher
- Ecco, HarperCollins, Black Sparrow Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061542497
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Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."
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