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William Seward Burroughs III (July 21, 1947 – March 3, 1981), also known as William S. Burroughs Jr. and Billy Burroughs, was an American novelist. He bears the name of his father, William S. Burroughs , as well as his great-grandfather, William Seward Burroughs I , the inventor of the Burroughs adding machine.
William Burroughs Jr's life was a blighted one, but he left behind searing accounts of the bleak life of a career drug addict. Tony O'Neill Mon 5 Nov 2007 07.15 EST
Jul 11, 2023 · "Born in 1947 to the writer William S. Burroughs and his common-law wife Joan Vollmer, William S. Burroughs, Jr. (known as Billy Jr.), would later describe himself as "your cursed-from-birth son." Cursed From Birth is a testimony to the difficulty of living in the turbulent wake of a famous father, his famous and troubled friends, and a lucid, shattering depiction of a life going down the tubes."
Signature. William Seward Burroughs II ( / ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. [2] [3] [4] Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six ...
Feb 5, 2022 · He and Vollmer – and their newly-born son, William S Burroughs, Jr – fled to Mexico. READ MORE. While living in Mexico, Burroughs shot and killed Vollmer in a drunken game of “William Tell ...
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Cursed from Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William S. Burroughs Jr. The son of a heroin-addicted father and an alcoholic mother addicted to Benzedrine, William S. Burroughs, Jr. had the kind of start in life most of us would rather avoid. Things went downhill from there when he was four after his father shot and killed the mother in Mexico.
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William S. Burroughs, Jr., was a novelist and the author of Speed and Kentucky Ham, and, posthumously, Cursed from Birth. The son of legendary beat author, William S. Burroughs and his wife Joan Vollmer, he died at 33 from cirrhosis of the liver.
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