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ltbgtJack Kerouac ltbgtwas born in Lowell Massachusetts in 1922 Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style which he called spontaneous prose He used this technique to record the life of the American traveler and the experiences of the Beat Generation most memorably in ltigtOn the Road ltigtand also in ltigtThe Subterraneans ltigtand ltigtThe Dharma Bums ltigtHis other works include ltigtBig Surltigtltigt Desolation Angels Lonesome Traveler Visions of Gerard Tristessaltigt and a book of poetry called ltigtMexico City Bluesltigt Jack Kerouac died in 1969