William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II February 5 1914 August 2 1997 was an American writer and visual artist widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas six collections of short stories and four collections of essays and five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences he was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians made many appearances in films and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks including his celebrated Shotgun Art Description above from the Wikipedia article William S Burroughs licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia