Charles Bukowski
Henry
Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994)
was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was
influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of
Los Angeles. It 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. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories
and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. In 1986 Time called
Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife". Regarding Bukowski's
enduring popular appeal, Adam Kirsch of The New Yorker wrote, "the secret
of Bukowski’s appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet’s promise
of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."
Born:
Heinrich Karl Bukowski, August 16, 1920. Andernach, Germany
Died:
March 9, 1994 (aged 73). San Pedro, California, U.S.
Occupation:
Novelist, poet, short story writer, columnist
Nationality:
German-American
Literary
movement: Dirty realism, Transgressive fiction.
Poem:
Are
You Drinking?
washed-up,
on shore, the old yellow notebook
out
again
I
write from the bed
as
I did last
year.
will
see the doctor,
Monday.
"yes,
doctor, weak legs, vertigo, head-
aches
and my back
hurts."
"are
you drinking?" he will ask.
"are
you getting your
exercise,
your
vitamins?"
I
think that I am just ill
with
life, the same stale yet
fluctuating
factors.
even
at the track
I
watch the horses run by
and
it seems
meaningless.
I
leave early after buying tickets on the
remaining
races.
"taking
off?" asks the motel
clerk.
"yes,
it's boring,"
I
tell him.
"If
you think it's boring
out
there," he tells me, "you oughta be
back
here."
so
here I am
propped
up against my pillows
again
just
an old guy
just
an old writer
with
a yellow
notebook.
something
is
walking
across the
floor
toward
me.
oh,
it's just
my
cat
this
time.
Charles
Bukowski
Picture:
truly pure.,.,.,.,.......,.,.,.
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