Jan Kerouac

Janet Michelle "Jan" Kerouac (February 16, 1952 – June 5, 1996) was an American writer and the only child of beat generation author Jack Kerouac and Joan Haverty Kerouac.

Jan Kerouac
Jan Kerouac in Eugene, Oregon (1983)
BornJanet Michelle Kerouac
(1952-02-16)February 16, 1952
Albany, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 5, 1996(1996-06-05) (aged 44)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Resting placeSaint Louis De Gonzague Cemetery
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
RelativesJack Kerouac
Joan Haverty Kerouac

Early life and career

Encouraged by Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, she entered into a lawsuit in the 1990s that proposed the will of Jack's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac, was a forgery, in the hope winning could expand her legal rights to her father's works and physical property. Eventually a court ruled that the will was indeed a forgery, although in practical terms this ruling changed nothing concerning control of the Kerouac estate.[1]

Kerouac published three semi-autobiographical novels, Baby Driver: A Story About Myself in 1981,[2][3] Trainsong in 1988 and posthumously published Parrot Fever in 2000.

Death

On June 5, 1996, Kerouac died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a day after her spleen was removed. She had suffered kidney failure five years earlier and was on dialysis.[4]

Filmography

The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1988)

What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

Bibliography

Books by Kerouac
  • Kerouac, Jan (1981). Baby Driver: A Story About Myself (1st ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. ASIN B000OT2YHO. ISBN 0030625386.
  • Kerouac, Jan (June 22, 1998). Baby Driver: A Story About Myself (Expanded ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. ISBN 1560251840.
  • Kerouac, Jan (August 14, 1998). Trainsong. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1560251654.
  • Kerouac, Jan (1988). Trainsong (1 ed.). New York City: Henry Holt and Company.
  • Kerouac, Jan (2000). Parrot Fever. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1560252081. Written in 1992–1993, and published posthumously.[5]

Books about Kerouac
  • Nicosia, Gerald (2009). Jan Kerouac: A Life In Memory. Noodlebrain Press. ISBN 0615245544.

References
  1. Brown, Mick (2009-10-28). "The battle for Jack Kerouac's estate". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  2. Kaufman, Alan (1999). The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. 660. ISBN 1560252278. She is the author of two novels, Baby Driver and Trainsong, published before her death to wide critical praise.
  3. Brenda Knight Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the 1998 1573241385 Two of her autobiographical novels, Baby Driver and Trainsong, are similar to the narrative style that her father employed, but Jan Kerouac seems to be able to detach herself from her circumstances more than her father was able to and writes ...
  4. "Jan Kerouac, 44, the Novelist And Daughter of a Beat Icon". The New York Times. June 8, 1996. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  5. "Jan Kerouac: A Life In Memory". City Lights Books. October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  • “Jan Kerouac.” Public Radio International, 11 Sept. 2004, www.pri.org/stories/2004-09-11/jan-kerouac.
  • Jan Kerouac Obituary
  • New York Times story
  • “THE LAST DAYS OF JAN KEROUAC: Gerald Nicosia Interviewed by Oliver Harris.” European Beat Studies Network, European Beat Studies Network/ Word Press, 5 Sept. 2017, ebsn.eu/scholarship/interviews/the-last-days-of-jan-kerouac-gerald-nicosia-interviewed-by-oliver-harris/.
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