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Ken Elton Kesey (/ ˈ k iː z iː /; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey published in 1962. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind, including a critique of psychiatry [3] and a tribute to individualistic principles.
Sometimes a Great Notion is the second novel by American author Ken Kesey, published in 1964.While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus. [1]
Caverns is a 1989 novel written collaboratively as an experiment by Ken Kesey and a creative writing class that he taught at the University of Oregon.The cover of the book says it was written by O.U. Levon—the name of this supposed author, spelled backwards, is "novel U.O." (University of Oregon).
A syncretic work combining a Tibetan Buddhist holy book with the psychedelic experience, The Book – On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, by Alan Watts, 1966. ISBN 0-679-72300-5; The Medium is the Massage, by Marshall McLuhan, 1967; The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe, 1968, about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters
The book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and a group of psychedelic enthusiasts, known as the Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the United States in a colorfully-painted school bus they called Furthur. [3]
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with K: ... Ken Kesey (1935–2001, US, f/nf) ... Ken Kuhlken (born 1945, US, f)