A kezdő

by Charles Bukowski

Overview

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) egy kicsit &quo;kilóg” a huszadik század amerikai irodalmából. Versei alapján a beatköltők közé sorolták, de ő soha nem volt harcias. Önéletrajzi ihletésű regényeiben, amelyeknek főszereplője alteregója, Henry Chinaski, nagyrészt az amerikai társadalom lecsúszott figuráiról írt, nyersen, őszintén, húsba vágó humorral és bölcsességgel. Alkoholista, napról napra élő, kompromisszumokat nem ismerő életmódja miatt sokan rajongtak – és rajonganak – érte, de ő köszönte, nem kért ebből, sőt ha lehetett, kerülte a rajongóit (kivéve, ha azok nők voltak), az embereket és főleg az írókat. Charles Bukowskinak mára világszerte kultusza lett, beleértve Magyarországot is. És bár – első ránézésre – felháborító(nak tűnő) életmódja miatt sokan viszolyogtak – és viszolyognak – tőle, hogyan is ne lenne kultusza egy olyan embernek, akinek még a sírján is ez áll: &quo;Don’t try”, azaz: ne próbáld, csináld.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789632277912
Publisher:	Trubadúr Kiadó
Publication date:	07/25/2016
Series:	A kezdő
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
File size:	788 KB
Language:	Hungarian

About the Author

During the course of his long, prolific literary career, Charles Bukowski was known as a poet, novelist, short story writer, and journalist. But it is as a cult figure, an "honorary beat" who chronicled his notorious lifestyle in raw, unflinching poetry and prose, that he is best remembered. Born in the aftermath of World War I to a German mother and an American serviceman of German descent, he was brought to the U.S. at the age of three and raised in Los Angeles. By all accounts, his childhood was lonely and unhappy: His father beat him regularly, and he suffered from debilitating shyness and a severely disfiguring case of acne. By his own admission, he underwent a brief flirtation with the far right, associating as a teenager with Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. After high school, he attended Los Angeles City College for two years, studying art, literature, and journalism before dropping out.

Although two of his stories were published in small literary magazines while he was still in his early 20s, Bukowski became discouraged by his lack of immediate success and gave up writing for ten years. During this time he drifted around the country, working odd jobs; fraternizing with bums, hustlers, and whores; and drinking so excessively that he nearly died of a bleeding ulcer.

In the late 1950s, Bukowski returned to writing, churning out copious amounts of poetry and prose while supporting himself with mind-numbing clerical work in the post office. Encouraged and mentored by Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin, he finally quit his job in 1969 to concentrate on writing full time. In 1985, he married his longtime girlfriend Linda Lee Beighle. Together they moved to San Pedro, California, where Bukowski began to live a saner, more stable existence. He continued writing until his death from leukemia in 1994, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

Bukowski mined his notorious lifestyle for an oeuvre that was largely autobiographical. In literally thousands of poems, he celebrated the skid row drunks and derelicts of his misspent youth; and, between 1971 and 1989, he penned five novels (Post Office, Factotum, Women, Ham on Rye, and Hollywood) featuring Henry Chinaski, an alcoholic, womanizing, misanthrope he identified as his literary alter ego. (He also wrote the autobiographical screenplay for the 1987 film Barfly, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.) Yet, for all the shock value of his graphic language and violent, unlovely images, Bukowski's writing retains a startling lyricism. Today, years after his death, he remains one of the 20th century's most influential and widely imitated writers.

Date of Birth:

August 16, 1920

Date of Death:

March 9, 1994

Place of Birth:

Andernach, Germany

Place of Death:

San Pedro, California

Education:

Los Angeles City College, 2 years