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Lucien Carr (March 1, 1925 – January 28, 2005) was a key member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s and also a convicted manslaughterer. He later worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
Jan 30, 2005 · Lucien Carr, one of the founders -- and one of the last survivors -- of the Beat Generation of poets and writers, although one who never wrote poetry or novels, died on Friday. He was...
Lucien Carr was a charismatic and well-read Columbia student who befriended Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs in 1944. He also killed his stalker David Kammerer in Riverside Park, an event that shaped the Beat movement and his own life.
Oct 5, 2020 · In this 5-minute segment, filmed by Robert Frank in 1959, the elusive Lucien Carr, his wife and kids can be seen hanging out inside and outside of a New York restaurant with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: Lucien Carr, working for United Press International.
Jun 27, 2019 · How Lucien Carr, a young Columbia student and a friend of Jack Kerouac, killed his older companion David Kammerer in 1944 and sparked the Beat movement. The article explores the crime, the trial, and the sexuality of the characters involved.
Nov 8, 1994 · Lucien Carr died of bone cancer in Washington D.C. on January 28, 2005, having outlived virtually all the members of the New York circle of Beat writers he had befriended decades earlier. Lucien’s son Caleb Carr is the author of the acclaimed murder mystery ‘The Alienist.’
Jan 30, 2005 · Lucien Carr, who brought together, befriended and served as muse for novelists Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and poet Allen Ginsberg, the three writers who formed the core of...
