杰克·凯鲁亚克于1922年出生在美国马萨诸塞州的威尔城,于1969年病逝于佛罗里达州的圣·彼得斯堡,在其短暂的生命中,凯鲁亚克的经历颇为丰富。[1]1939年,青年凯鲁亚克进入哥伦比亚大学读书,三年后,凯鲁亚克服役于美国海军,但不久便被认定为患有精神疾病而除名。1943年,凯鲁亚克开始随商船出海,期间先后结识了卢西·卡尔、艾伦·金斯堡、尼尔·卡萨迪、约翰·克列农·霍 Jack Kerouac was born in Weir, Mass., In 1922 and died in 1969 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kerouac’s experience is very rich in his short life span. [1] In 1939, Young Kerouac entered Columbia University. Three years later, Kerouac served in the U.S. Navy, but shortly after being convicted of mental illness. In 1943, Kerouac began to sail with merchant ships, during which she met Lucie Karl, Alan Ginsburg, Neil Cassidy, John Klein Hooper