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Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)

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About the Author

Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany, on August 16, 1920. He came to the United States with his parents when he was three years old and spent his early years in poverty. As a young man he was a transient, doing odd jobs. He lived most of his live in boarding houses in the Los Angeles show more area. He attended Los Angeles City College briefly. He worked for the United States Postal Service for about ten years. Bukowski was at home with street people and his work contains a brutal realism and graphic imagery. He began publishing short stories in the mid-1940s. Starting with Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail in 1959, he produced poetry collections almost once a year. His following had grown by the time his collection of poetry about down-and-outers titled It Catches My Heart in Its Hands appeared in 1963. His short story collections include Dirty Old Man and Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. His novels, with an autobiographical character called Henry Chinaski, include Post Office and Factotum. Bukowski wrote the screenplay for the 1987 motion picture Barfly. He later wrote about the filming of Barfly in his novel, Hollywood. Bukowski died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Charles Bukowski

Post Office (1971) 5,617 copies
Ham on Rye (1982) 4,672 copies
Women (1978) 3,807 copies
Factotum (1975) 3,131 copies
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972) 2,170 copies
Pulp (1994) 1,962 copies
Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969) 1,916 copies
Hollywood (1989) 1,631 copies
Hot Water Music (1983) 1,263 copies
The Captain is Out to Lunch (1998) — Author — 589 copies
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (1972) 398 copies
Betting on the Muse (1996) 387 copies
Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981) 290 copies
Shakespeare Never Did This (1979) — Author — 276 copies
Bring Me Your Love (1983) 261 copies
Fuck Machine (1972) 261 copies
Come On In! (2006) 238 copies
Screams from the Balcony (1993) 228 copies
Bone Palace Ballet (1997) 211 copies
On Cats (2015) 207 copies
There's No Business (1984) — Author — 184 copies
Barfly: The Screenplay (1984) 182 copies
On Writing (2015) 175 copies
Essential Bukowski: Poetry (2016) 143 copies
Open All Night (2000) 139 copies
Absence of the Hero (1994) 100 copies
On Love (2016) 100 copies
Reach for the Sun Vol. 3 (1999) 93 copies
Charles Bukowski: Laughing With The Gods (1982) — Author — 83 copies
Beerspit Night and Cursing (1900) 74 copies
Kaputt in Hollywood (1976) 66 copies
Selected Letters (2004) 61 copies
New Poems: Bk. 1 (2003) 58 copies
Jeder zahlt drauf: Stories (1993) 58 copies
New Poems (2003) 58 copies
On Drinking (2019) 56 copies
The Bell Tolls for No One (2015) 49 copies
Selected Letters Volume 4 (2005) 40 copies
20 poemas (1998) 36 copies
Schlechte Verlierer (1977) 35 copies
Confession of a Coward (2000) 34 copies
Barfly [1987 film] (2002) — Screenwriter — 24 copies
Flinke Killer. Gedichte. (1984) 23 copies
Svastica (1995) 18 copies
Roter Mercedes. Gedichte. (1991) 16 copies
Poesie (1986) 16 copies
Hostage (1994) 15 copies
23 poesie (1996) 15 copies
Bukowski on Bukowski (1998) 15 copies
New Poems Book Four (Bk. 4) (2005) 13 copies
Il grande: poesie 3 (2002) 13 copies
Day It Snowed in L A (1986) 12 copies
Terpentin on the rocks (1978) 11 copies
Fire Station (1970) 10 copies
A Bukowski Sampler (1969) 10 copies
Das KiWi-Lesebuch (1986) 9 copies
Stories und Romane (1975) 9 copies
Correspondance 1958-1994 (2005) 9 copies
Horsemeat. Pferdefleisch. (1982) 8 copies
Gatos (2016) 8 copies
Bukowski Unleashed (2000) 8 copies
Sull'amore (2017) 8 copies
Garras del paraíso (2018) 6 copies
BUK (1984) 6 copies
Contes et nouvelles (2004) 6 copies
214 dikter (1995) 6 copies
Six Poets (1979) 6 copies
Bukowski Reads His Poetry (2001) 6 copies
BUKOWSKI (1985) 6 copies
A Couple of Winos (1991) 6 copies
Un'amabile storia d'amore (2010) 6 copies
King of Poets 6 copies
In the Shadow of the Rose (1991) 6 copies
Notas de Um Velho Nojento (2019) 5 copies
Katers en poezen (2016) 5 copies
Büyük Zen Dügünü (2015) 5 copies
Ende der Durchsage (2012) 5 copies
Le ragazze che seguivamo (2006) 5 copies
70-vuotismuhennos (2012) 5 copies
Der Andere (2001) 5 copies
The Singer (1999) 5 copies
If We Take (1970) 5 copies
Pensieri e aforismi (1998) 4 copies
Non c'è niente da ridere (1996) 4 copies
Il primo bicchiere... (2006) 4 copies
Sulla scrittura (2020) 4 copies
Kasabanin En Guzel Kizi (2016) 4 copies
Vana peeru veerud (2020) 4 copies
Pink Silks 3 copies
Tìžký èasy (1994) 3 copies
Shakespeare nunca lo hizo (2004) 3 copies
Three by Bukowski (1992) 3 copies
Alle reden zu viel (2015) 3 copies
Il meglio (2018) 3 copies
Pis Moruk Itiraf Ediyor (2010) 3 copies
Škvár (1997) 3 copies
Tako mrtvi vole (2007) 3 copies
Listonosz 3 copies
Pis Moruğun Notları (2017) 3 copies
Notte imbecille (1993) 3 copies
3 romaner (2005) 3 copies
Nato per rubare rose (1997) 3 copies
The Bluebird 2 copies
Sink leiva vahel (2016) 2 copies
Kirottujen nautinnot (2012) 2 copies
Roll the Dice (poster) — Author — 2 copies
NAISED (1978) 2 copies
Kobiety (2010) 2 copies
be cool, fool 2 copies
Bukowski at Bellevue 1970 (1988) 2 copies
Za Dzejn (2011) 2 copies
Art 2 copies
Sul bere (2019) 2 copies
People Poems (1991) 2 copies
SUDA YAN ATEŞTE BOĞUL (2017) 2 copies
Der lange Job (1984) 2 copies
Tragedija lišća (1999) 2 copies
Kediler 2 copies
100 Poemas 2 copies
A Love Poem 2 copies
Spegni la luce e aspetta (2003) 2 copies
Warm Light (1990) 2 copies
birra,fagioli... (2001) 2 copies
Senda del perdedor, La (2014) 2 copies
MUSICA DE CAÑERIAS (CM) (2013) 2 copies
Mannequins 1 copy
O piću 1 copy
Bludni sin 1 copy
Success? 1 copy
Femrat (2018) 1 copy
Burlesque 1 copy
נשים 1 copy
55 POEZI 1 copy
Correus (2021) 1 copy
Katzen (2018) 1 copy
Básně 1 copy
Audio Files 1 copy
Gülün Gölgesinde (2002) 1 copy
Pošte (2003) 1 copy
PULP (CM) (2013) 1 copy
Blow 6 1 copy
Weather Report (1975) 1 copy
Three Poems 1 copy
Ponyva (2005) 1 copy
Sør og ingen nord (1983) 1 copy
Sull'amore (2017) 1 copy
Son of Satan 1 copy
Antología 1 copy
Liebe (2019) 1 copy
462-0614 1 copy
One Tough Mother (2010) 1 copy
14 intervjua 1 copy
Vegyes felvágott (2013) 1 copy
Bana Aşkını Getir (2013) 1 copy
The outsider 1 copy
Night work 1 copy
Pył 1 copy

Associated Works

Ask the Dust (1939) — some editions — 2,889 copies
The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library) (1992) — Contributor — 1,452 copies
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Contributor — 759 copies
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 385 copies
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Contributor — 319 copies
The Bandini Quartet (1998) — Introduction, some editions — 206 copies
The Best American Poetry 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 172 copies
The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 169 copies
The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 127 copies
The Literary Lover: Great Stories of Passion and Romance (1993) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Killing Spirit : An Anthology of Murder for Hire (1996) — Contributor — 33 copies
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Contributor — 32 copies
Fetish: An Anthology (1998) — Contributor — 25 copies
Snake Eyes #1 (1990) — Contributor — 15 copies
Harde liefde de ruigste verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (1994) — Contributor — 12 copies
Open City #25: The Musicians' Issue (2008) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Outsider: Volume 2, Numbers 4/5: Winter, 1968-69 (1969) — Contributor — 8 copies
Stroker anthology, 1974-1994 (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Onthebus No. 8 and 9 — Contributor — 6 copies
Antaeus No. 69, Fall 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 6 copies
4 Poets (1995) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Outsider No 1 (1962) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Outsider No 2 — Contributor — 3 copies
X-Ray No. 7 — Contributor — 3 copies
Onthebus 15/16 (Fall/Winter 1999 Special Double Issue) (1999) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Wormwood Review No. 120 — Contributor — 2 copies
The Wormwood Review No. 24 — Cover artist; Contributor — 2 copies
The Outsider No 3 — Contributor — 2 copies
Second Coming, Volume 5, Number 1 — Contributor — 2 copies
Nomad Poetry Journal No. 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
Beatitude 16 — Contributor — 1 copy
Mr. Clean and Other Poems — Introduction, some editions — 1 copy
X-Ray, No. 10 — Contributor — 1 copy
Hearse #10, 1969 — Contributor — 1 copy
3 Matchbooks — Author — 1 copy
Hearse #15 (1971) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Charles Bukowski is one of my favourite of the twentieth century. Bukowski black humour, nihilism, maybe, humorous without principles, living an early life of darkness shaped by his father and getting beaten up by everyone. It was a great read. I laughed a lot, and finished the book in 2 days
 
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