Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, probably best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as a cultural icon who some consider a link between the "beat generation" of the 1950s and the "hippies" of the 1960s.

Major works

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York: Viking. 1962 (40th anniversary edition ISBN 0670030589; paperback ISBN 0142000744).
• Sometimes a Great Notion. New York: Viking. 1964 (reprint ISBN 0140045295).
• Kesey's Garage Sale. New York: Viking. 1972.
• Demon Box. New York: Penguin. 1986.
• Caverns (written with his University of Oregon creative writing class under the collaborative pseudonym "O. U. Levon"). New York: Penguin. 1990.
• The Further Inquiry (screenplay). New York: Viking. 1990.
• Sailor Song. New York: Viking Penguin. 1992. ISBN 014013974
• Last Go Round (with Ken Babbs). New York: Viking. 1994.
• "Twister" (play). New York: Viking. 1999.

In the 1990s Kesey published the children's books Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear (ISBN 067081136X) which was included on the 1991 Library of Congress list of suggested children's books, and The Sea Lion: A Story of the Sea Cliff People (ISBN 0670839167).

Related Topics:
1990s - 1991 - Library of Congress

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