What is Charles Bukowski?
{{Infobox writer | name = Charles Bukowski | image = CharlesBukowski-1.jpg | caption = Charles Bukowski in 1988 | birth_name = Heinrich Karl Bukowski | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|8|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Andernach]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Weimar Germany|Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|3|9|1920|8|16|mf=y}} | death_place = [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], [[U.S.]] | occupation = Novelist, poet, short story writer, columnist | nationality = [[German-American]] | movement = [[Dirty realism]],<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1353/mfs.2001.0002 |title=In the Country of Contradiction the Hypocrite is King: Defining Dirty Realism in Charles Bukowski's Factotum |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_modern-fiction-studies_spring-2001_47_1/page/43 |year=2001 |last1=Dobozy |first1=Tamas |journal=Modern Fiction Studies |volume=47 |pages=43–68|s2cid=170828985 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/short-story-criticism/bukowski-charles |title=Charles Bukowski (criticism) |publisher=Enotes.com |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref> [[Transgressive fiction]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nast |first1=Condé |title=The Transgressive Thrills of Charles Bukowski |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/03/14/smashed |magazine=The New Yorker |date=7 March 2005}}</ref> }} '''Henry Charles Bukowski''' (born '''Heinrich Karl Bukowski'''; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a [[Germans|German]]-[[Americans|American]] poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Bukowski Essay - 783 Words {{!}} Bartleby |url=https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Charles-Bukowski-P3VRPPJTC |website=www.bartleby.com |accessdate=3 May 2022}}</ref> His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, [[alcohol]], relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He died of [[leukemia]]. == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==Reference