Birthdate: March 12, 1922

Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Died: October 21, 1969

Jack Kerouac is remembered as a prominent figure of the Beat Generation. His works, consisting of several novels and poems, with their focus on spirituality, drugs, travel, sex, and jazz, paved the way for the hippie movement. He is best known for his pathbreaking novel On the Road