The catalyst who started the "Beat" movement which defined a postwar carefree alternative lifestyle and promoted a liberal social awareness. It was Lucien Carr, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, who while attending Columbia University in 1943 introduced room-mate Allen Ginsberg to William S. Burroughs. Carr also was responsible for introducing Ginsberg and Burroughs to Jack Kerouac. Although Carr did not contribute literally to the movement he did heavily influence Ginsberg and Kerouac. In 1944 Carr was convicted of killing a friend David Kammerer. The killing occurred after Kammerer made unwanted homosexual advances on Carr. Kerouac and Ginsberg convinced Carr to turn himself in. Carr spent two years in prison. Carr maintained a life-long friendship both with Kerouac and Ginsberg. From the 1950s until his death, Carr was a senior editor for U.P.I. in New York, and then later Washington D.C. Carr was the father of "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" author Caleb Carr.
The catalyst who started the "Beat" movement which defined a postwar carefree alternative lifestyle and promoted a liberal social awareness. It was Lucien Carr, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, who while attending Columbia University in 1943 introduced room-mate Allen Ginsberg to William S. Burroughs. Carr also was responsible for introducing Ginsberg and Burroughs to Jack Kerouac. Although Carr did not contribute literally to the movement he did heavily influence Ginsberg and Kerouac. In 1944 Carr was convicted of killing a friend David Kammerer. The killing occurred after Kammerer made unwanted homosexual advances on Carr. Kerouac and Ginsberg convinced Carr to turn himself in. Carr spent two years in prison. Carr maintained a life-long friendship both with Kerouac and Ginsberg. From the 1950s until his death, Carr was a senior editor for U.P.I. in New York, and then later Washington D.C. Carr was the father of "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" author Caleb Carr.
Bio by: John Patton
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