Occupation Writer Uncles Gerard Kerouac Role Writer | Name Jan Kerouac Nationality American | |
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Born Janet Michelle KerouacFebruary 16, 1952Albany, New York, U.S. ( 1952-02-16 ) Resting place Saint Louis De Gonzague Cemetery Parents Jack Kerouac, Joan Haverty Siblings David Stuart, Sharon Bowers, Katharine Bowers Grandparents Leo Alcide Kerouac, Gabrielle-Ange Levesque Books Baby driver, Trainsong, Parrot fever | ||
Janet Michelle "Jan" Kerouac (February 16, 1952 – June 5, 1996) was an American writer and the only child of beat generation author Jack Kerouac and Joan Haverty Kerouac.
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Early life and career
Encouraged by Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, she entered into a lawsuit in the 1990s that proposed the will of Jack's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac was a forgery, in the hope winning could expand her legal rights to her father's works and physical property. Eventually a court ruled that the will was indeed a forgery, although in practical terms this ruling changed nothing concerning control of the Kerouac estate.
Kerouac published two semi-autobiographical novels, Baby Driver in 1981, and Trainsong in 1988.
Death
On June 5, 1996, Kerouac died in Albuquerque, New Mexico a day after her spleen was removed. She had suffered kidney failure five years earlier and was on dialysis.