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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1914-1997-08-11- - 1997

Found in 310 Collections and/or Records:

Beatific Soul; Jack Kerouac on the Road / Kerouac, Jack ; Basquiat JM ; Blake W ; Bockris V ; Burroughs WS ; Corso G ; Ferlinghetti L ; Ginsberg A ; Joyce J ; McClure M ; Orlovsky P ; Solomon C., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-47241-49984
Scope and Contents

Isaac Gewitz curated this exhibition and wrote this exceptionally good catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Beats, Counterculture & the Avant Garde; The Richard Synchef Collection, Part II with fine Literature: Sale 525 / PBA Galleries ; Hirschman J ; Bukowski C ; Burroughs WS ; Ferlinghetti L ; Ginsberg A ; Kerouac J ; Kesey K ; Leary T ; McClure M ; Micheline J ; Rexroth K ; Smith Pa ; Vollmann W ; Winans A., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-58447-10001665
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased item 126 Jack Hirschman: "How beautiful is the half-light of the full moon woman is." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

biencher charlequin [Charles Cameron] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Burroughs WS., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-57855-10001106
Scope and Contents

Cameron writes that this "letter in blue type addressed 'biencher charlequin' regarding my arrest for possession of a small quantity of hash, with 23 word handwritten dsh comments." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Bomb Culture / Nuttall, Jeff ; Burroughs WS ; Ginsberg A ; Metzger G ; Ono Y ; Lebel JJ ; Henri A ; Cobbing B ; Houedard DS ; levy da ; Nichol bp ; Musgrove K ; Sanders E., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-05619-5726
Scope and Contents

Nuttall writes about the youthful violence of the sixties and its relation to early 20th century artistic avant garde movements. He also describes the small press literary scene of the sixties including the Beats and the circle around Bob Cobbing and Writers Forum. Nuttall was a participant in the latter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Card To Richard Aaron] / Nannucci, Maurizio; Burroughs WS., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-40476-42448
Scope and Contents

The long message from Nannucci to Aaron deals with contributions to Mela and a request to publish a William Burroughs piece. The letter is written on an announcement for the recording of Poesia Sonora that Nannucci edited. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Collection Ou: The Electronic Revolution [Deluxe Edition]. No.2 / William S. Burroughs ; Brion Gysin ; Henri Chopin, editor., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-17047-17403
Scope and Contents

Translated into French by Jean Chopin. Printed on Hayle paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Collection Ou: The Electronic Revolution. No.2 / William S. Burroughs ; Brion Gysin ; Henri Chopin, editor., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-17905-18275
Scope and Contents

Translated from English into French by Jean Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Croisement de Signes / Koraichi R ; Michaux H ; Burroughs WS ; Restany P ; Arp H ; Hausmann R ; Michaux H ; Miro J ; Bella B ; Degottex J ; Gysin B ; Hassan S ; U-Fan L ; Butor M ; Rossell B ; Quentin B ; Ruscha E., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-35618-37365
Scope and Contents

This catalogue features experimental calligraphic paintings by Ben Bella, Brion Gysin, Jean Degottex, Shakir Hassan, and Lee I-Fan. William Burroughs' interview of Brion Gysin is titled "Points de Passage." Pierre Restany contributed an essay on the work of Lee U-Fan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989