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 Bukowski, Charles
Andernach, Germany. Bukowski moved to Pasadena, California with his parents, when he was three years old.
Post Office. Bukowski wrote "Post Office" in three weeks. It was written soon after quitting his job at the post office.
Playing a game in an arcade. The main character was controlling a robot in a "Rockem Sockem Robots" type game. His opponent was a kid that he showed kindness toward. For your information, the robot specifically had blue trunks.
| In what correctional facility did Bukowski share a cell with the then Public enemy #1 of the United States? | Charles Bukowski 101
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Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, PA. Bukowski shared his cell with Public enemy #1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tenth and Reed Street. There's now an ACME grocery store in its place.
Marina. She was his one and only child whose mother was Francis Dean.
1969. His writing supported him from that day forward.
| In the final poem in the poetry collection "Love is a Dog From Hell", what is Bukowski driving? | Charles Bukowski 101
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Blue Volkswagon. It was a 1967 bug.
A trio of buddhist monks. This was at the request of his wife. Bukowski didn't care.
Black Sparrow. John Martin, who launched Black Sparrow in 1966 in order to publish Buk, retired in July of 2002 after selling his rights to the works of Bukowski and John Fante to HarperCollins.
| This book is a collection of columns that he wrote for "Open City", an alternative newspaper founded by John Bryan? | The Life of Charles Bukowski
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man. Published in 1969, the first printing of 20,000 books disappeared from bookstore racks within a couple of months. This further enhanced his developing cult figure status.
Frances Smith. Frye was his first wife. Beighle was his second wife. Jane Cooney was a former girlfriend who was depicted in the movie "Barfly".
San Pedro, California. His obituary in the "New York Times" described him as "...a descendant of the Romantic visionaries who worshipped at the altar of personal excess.".
"Don't Try". He frequently gave this advice to people who came to him wanting help with their writing.
| In addition to writing the screenplay for "Barfly", some of Bukowski's other works were adapted for feature films. Which of his books was used as the basis of a film by the Belgian director, Dominique Deruddere? | The Life of Charles Bukowski
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Love is a Dog From Hell. Released in 1987, "Love Is a Dog From Hell" ties together several Bukowski stories, and attempts to capture the sririt of his poetry.
Hank Chinaski. Charles Bukowski's nickname growing up was Hank. Most of his novels center around his life, and it was this voice and candidness into his decrepit loneliness that caught people's attention and made him a cult phenomenon.
| What was the name of the publishing company that was involved in early Charles Bukowski poetry readings? | Basic Charles Bukowski
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City Lights. City Lights is a small publishing company and bookstore located in San Francisco, California. They are responsible for such books as "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac. Though City Lights helped Bukowski with readings, they never published any of his books. Black Sparrow Press published him with the help from his manager John Martin.
Andernach, Germany. Bukowski moved with his family from Germany to Los Angeles when he was three-years-old. He lived with his parents in Los Angeles, but moved out of the house in 1940, when his father threw all his possessions and manuscripts onto the lawn.
The U.S. Post Office. Bukowski worked on and off at the post office for eleven years and wrote a novel based on his experiences there. This was the longest of all his blue-collar jobs, most of them he didn't last for more than a week. Another profession of Bukowski's could easily be considered horse racing, as he sent a majority of his time betting on the tracks.
An observing loner with a penchant for alcohol.. Bukowski loved to drink while doing most things, especially during his public readings. It was common knowledge to bring beers to Bukowski's readings and pass them up to him as the night went on. Some venues even went to the extent of putting a refrigerator on stage for him.
Frances Smith. Bukowski had many women in his life, but only one child. Jane was Bukowski's first wife, though he claims they were never really married. Barbara was Bukowski's second wife; they were married in 1955 and divorced by 1958. By 1963 he had met Frances, and by 1964 Marina Louise Bukowski was born. In 1970, he fell for Linda, with whom he had a tumultuous relationship and was eventually married to in 1985. They were together still at the time of his death in 1994.
A mechanical boxing game. The little boy beats Hank twice, despite the broken arm of his boxer.
| In "Factotum", the main character is at a driving lesson and the teacher asks, "When is the only time you lose control of the car?" The main character supplies what answer? | Basic Charles Bukowski
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"When you sneeze.". Directly proceeding his correct answer, Hank is fired for lying about his criminal record, which includes such discrepancies as drunk driving.
| What was the name of the paper that published Bukowski's weekly column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man"? | Basic Charles Bukowski
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Open City. "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" was the beginning of Bukowski's public fame in 1978. His columns were short candid pieces about lust and alcohol, the Bukowski we know and love.
Pulp. "Pulp" is a detective novel not starring his character Hank Chinaski.
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