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Relationship with Beat Generation Writers
Bukowski was often labelled as a beat poet
It is related in Howard Sounes biography that Charles Bukowski shat his pants when he was in the back seat of a car driven by "On the road" hero Neal Cassady. page 92
Of William Burroughs he said "I could push him over with one punch" page 141
At a party after a benefit reading he declared to Allen Ginsberg "everybody knows that after Howl you never wrote anything worth a shit" page 140
Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life by Howard Sounes http://en.wikipedia.org/Charles_Bukowski:_Locked_in_the_Arms_of_a_Crazy_Life
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Quote attributed to him
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence."
I have seen this quote in many places being attributed to Bukowski, yet I have not been able to find a legitimate source verifying he actually said it or where it originated. yonnie (talk) 18:13, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Bukowski's Polish roots?
The last name "Bukowski" is typically Polish. I know that the ending "ski" is generally of Slavic origin, however there is one important thing which is the letter preceding, and it goes like this:
- - usky (Belarusian)
- - vsky (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish)
- - vskiy (Russian, Ukrainian)
- - vski (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish)
- - wski (Polish only)
As you see, the surname "Bukowski" is clearly of Polish descent. Now, how come there is no sign of Polish roots in Charles's biography? Was his father's family tree unexplored? 78.8.59.44 (talk) 21:15, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- We work with reliable sources and what can be verified. Misplaced Pages articles are written by volunteers, usually using the strong sources they have to hand. The article says: "His paternal grandfather Leonard had emigrated to America from Germany (the present territories of Poland) in the 1880s."Anna (talk) 00:11, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
- In order to the address the IP or IPs who have edited the article. There is a consensus on how to deal with the name of city called either Danzig or Gdańsk. You can find it here: Talk:Gdansk/Vote. Since the time in question, namely when Bukowski's grandmother left the city, has been before 1945, the name is as given in the article. Please refrain from editing that. -- Zz (talk) 15:51, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
- Sure, but we need to mention that it was behind a different countries border when Leonard was born. Anna (talk) 16:16, 6 March 2014 (UTC)