Jan KEROUAC

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AmericanBorn Janet Michelle KEROUAC

American writer and the only child of beat generation author Jack Kerouac

Born on February 16, 1952 in Albany, New York, USA , United States

Died on June 5, 1996 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Kerouac was born in Albany, New York. Her mother left her father while pregnant, and Jack refused to acknowledge the baby as his daughter. A blood test when Jan was nine years old proved his paternity and he was ordered to pay $52 a week for her upbringing. Jan met her father only twice. Like both her parents, she made frequent use of drugs and was no stranger to trouble. After a teenage stint in a mental hospital, Jan delved deeper into the 1960s underworld of drugs, before leaving for Mexico at the age of 15. For the next few ...   Kerouac was born in Albany, New York. Her mother left her father while pregnant, and Jack refused to acknowledge the baby as his daughter. A blood test when Jan was nine years old proved his paternity and he was ordered to pay $52 a week for her upbringing. Jan met her father only twice. Like both her parents, she made frequent use of drugs and was no stranger to trouble. After a teenage stint in a mental hospital, Jan delved deeper into the 1960s underworld of drugs, before leaving for Mexico at the age of 15. For the next few decades, she traveled across the country with a reckless abandon that echoed that of her father and Neal Cassady.



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