Charles Bukowski
As a poet, writer, screenwriter, and spoken word performer, Charles Bukowski plumbed such depraved aspects of human nature as wanton drunkenness, sexuality, and brawling. In the meantime, he cultivated a reputation for -- you guessed it -- such depraved behavior as wanton drunkenness, lewdness, and brawling. The result was international fame, recognition, and accolades.
Born in Andernach, Germany, in 1920, Bukowski came to the United States at the age of three and was raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for 50 years. Publishing his first story at 24 and spending many years in run-down rooming houses, working at odd jobs and for the United States Postal Service, he published nearly 50 books of prose and poetry in his lifetime (works that dealt primarily with his Skid Row existence). His mythic persona even made it onto the big screen, portrayed by Mickey Rourke in the Bukowski-penned Barfly. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, of pneumonia, shortly after completing his last novel. Bukowski was 73 years old.
While Bukowski supposedly hated public performances of his work, some recordings of his readings have been released. The most widely available is Hostage (1994) on the Rhino imprint Word Beat. King of Poets, a collection of home recordings came out in 1997, while both 70 Minutes in Hell (another home recording) and the remastered Poems & Insults, a notorious 1975 public reading from San Francisco, saw the light of day in 2000.
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Master Collection
Hörbücher - Erschienen bei Brownbeats Records am 01.09.2010
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There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here
Hörbücher - Erschienen bei mondayMEDIA am 02.03.2009
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Poems And Insults
Hörbücher - Erschienen bei Tin Toy am 14.07.2023
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Wilhelm Busch trifft Charles Bukowski. Teil 2
Humor - Erschienen bei Luga am 07.10.2022
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Radio Bukowski: Edição Comemorativa Do Centenário Do Nascimento De Charles Bukowski
Rock - Erschienen bei TRADISOM PRODUÇÕES CULTURAIS am 22.11.2020
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