(/buːˈkaʊski/ boo-KOW-skee); born Heinrich Karl Bukowski.
Henry Charles Bukowski born in August 16, 1920 – March 9,
1994.
Was a German–American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambiance of his home city of Los Angeles.
His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women,
and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels,
eventually
publishing over 60 books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column Notes of a Dirty Old Man in the
LA underground newspaper Open City.
For the unfamiliar, reading Charles Bukowski is like going for a ride on a Honey Badger –– nothing is
off-limits, nothing is too scary to write about and you never know what the hell he is going to do or say next.
"And if you have the ability to love, love yourself first."
“And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, And when nobody waits for you at night, And when
you
can do
whatever you want. What do you call it, FREEDOM or LONELINESS?”
