Charles Bukowski
Puno ime	Henry Charles Bukowski
Rođenje	16. kolovoza 1920. Andernach, Njemačka
Smrt	9. ožujka 1994. San Pedro, SAD
Nacionalnost	Nijemac
Književne vrste	romani, pjesme, kratke priče
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Henry Charles Bukowski Mlađi (Andernach, 16. kolovoza 1920. – San Pedro, 9. ožujka 1994.), američki književnik njemačkih korijena, predstavnik drugog vala beat generacije. Njegov stil pisanja bio je pod velikim utjecajem socijalnog, kulturalnog i gospodarskog ozračja njegovog grada Los Angeles. U svojim radovima opisivao je živote siromašnog čovjeka, alkohol, odnose sa ženama te sve nedostatke i poteškoće posla kao takvoga. Bukowski je napisao na tisuće pjesama, stotine kratkih priča i šest romana, sve u svemu više od šezdeset knjiga.

Životopis

Rođen kao Heinrich Karl Bukowski u Njemačkoj od oca Heinrich (Henry) Bukowski i majke Katharina (rođena Fett), njegov djed doselio se iz Njemačke u Sjedinjene Američke Države 1880. god. Tijekom svoje rane mladosti bio je sramežljiv i povučen, što je bio rezultat zlostavljanja od strane njegovih vršnjaka i njegovog oca koji ga je tukao. U ranim tinejdžerskim godinama prvi puta dolazi u doticaj s alkoholom koji će ga i kasnije tijekom života definirati kao osobu i pisca-"This [alcohol] is going to help me for a very long time"-kako je sam pisao. Nakon što je maturirao u Los Angeles High School , pohađa Los Angeles City College dvije godine, tijekom kojega uzima kolegije iz umjetnosti, novinarstva i književnosti. 9. ožujka 1994. god. umire u San Pedro od leukemije u 73. godini nedugo nakon završetka svojeg zadnjeg romana Pulp.

Radovi

Romani

• Post Office (1971)
• Factotum (1975)
• Žene (1978), ISBN 978-0876853917
• Ham on Rye (1982), ISBN 978-0876855591
• Hollywood, Hollywood! (1989), ISBN 978-0876857656
• Pulp (1994)

Poezija

• Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail (1960)
• It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963)
• Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965)
• At Terror Street and Agony Way (1968)
• Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 story Window (1968)
• A Bukowski Sampler (1969)
• The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills (1969)
• Fire Station (1970)
• Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (1972), ISBN 978-0876851395
• Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974)
• Scarlet (1976)
• Maybe Tomorrow (1977)
• Love Is a Dog from Hell (1977), ISBN 978-0876853634
• Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1979), ISBN 978-0876854389
• Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981), ISBN 978-0876855263
• War All the Time (book)|War All the Time (1984)
• You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense (1986)
• The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988), 978-0876857335
• Septuagenarian Stew: Stories & Poems (1990)
• People Poems (1991)
• The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992), ISBN 978-0876858653
• Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories (1996), ISBN 978-1574230024
• Bone Palace Ballet (book)|Bone Palace Ballet (1998)
• What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire. (1999)
• Open All Night (book)|Open All Night (2000)
• The Night Torn Mad with Footsteps (2001)
• Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way (2003), ISBN 978-0060527358
• The Flash of the Lightning Behind the Mountain (2004)
• Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005)
• Come on In! (2006)
• The People Look Like Flowers at Last (2007)
• The Pleasures of the Damned (2007), ISBN 978-0061228438
• The Continual Condition (2009)

Kratke novele

• Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts (1965)
• All the Assholes in the World and Mine (1966)
• Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969)
• Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972) ISBN 978-0-87286-061-2
• South of No North (1973), ISBN 978-0876851906
• Hot Water Music (1983)
• Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983)
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (1983)
• Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook: Short Stories and Essays (2008) ISBN 978-0-87286-492-4.
• Absence of the Hero (2010)
• More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011)

Knjige

• Shakespeare Never Did This (1979); expanded (1995)
• The Bukowski/Purdy Letters (1983)
• Screams from the Balcony: Selected Letters (1993)
• Living on Luck: Selected Letters, vol. 2 (1995)
• The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship (1998), ISBN 978-1574230598
• Reach for the Sun: Selected Letters, vol. 3 (1999)
• Beerspit Night and Cursing: The Correspondense of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli (2001)
• Sunlight here I am: Interviews and encounters, 1963-1993 (2003)

Filmovi i scenariji

• Barfly (1984)
• Bukowski at Bellevue 1970 – Poetry Reading
• Bukowski 1973 – Californian KCET TV Documentary
• Supervan 1977 – Feature Film (Not based on Bukowski's work but Bukowski had cameo appearance as Wet T-Shirt Contest Water Boy)
• There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here – Filmed: 1979; DVD Release: 2008 – Poetry Reading
• The Last Straw – Filmed: 1980; DVD Release: 2008 – Poetry Reading
• Tales of Ordinary Madness – Feature Film
• Poetry In Motion 1982 – General Poetry Documentary
• Barfly 1987 – Feature Film
• Crazy Love 1987 – Feature Film (Belgium)
• Bukowski: Born Into This 2002 – Biographical Documentary
• Factotum 2005 – Feature Film
• The Suicide 2006 – Short film
• One Tough Mother 2010 Released on DVD – Poetry Reading
• Mermaid of Venice 2011