Lucien Carr, 79; Catalyst, Muse for Beat Writers
LA Times
Lucien Carr, who brought together, befriended and served as muse for novelists Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and poet Allen Ginsberg, the three writers who formed the core of literature’s Beat Generation, has died. He was 79.
Carr died Friday of cancer at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
More a facilitator than a contributor to Beat literature, Carr countered the rebellious culture’s ethics and irked his friends by forging a straight workaday career writing and editing news. He retired in 1993 as assistant managing editor for national news for United Press International after 47 years working for the wire service.
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