Which Happened First?

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs
Image: Revista Panorama Número 297 de Enero, 1973. · Public domain · source

William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature. Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable narrators.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Magda FrankJuly 20, 1914 – June 23, 2010
  2. Nicolas de StaëlJanuary 5, 1914 – March 16, 1955
  3. Sarla ThakralAugust 8, 1914 – March 15, 2008
  4. Tove JanssonAugust 9, 1914 – June 27, 2001
  5. William S. Burroughs (this page)February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997
  6. Zainul AbedinDecember 29, 1914 – May 28, 1976

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