Charles Bukowski | Artist

Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer born 1920 in Andernach, Germany. Bukowski's family moved to the USA when Charles was 3 years of age. Bukowski's writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambiance of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over 60 books. In 1986 Time Magazine called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife". The movie Barfly released in 1987 is a semi-autobiographical film written by Bukowski and starring Mickey Rourke. His outstanding albums of spoken word poetry include King of Poets (1970), 90 Minutes in Hell (1977), Bukowski Reads His Poetry (1980), Hostage (1985) and Poems and Insults (2004) released after his death in 1994.

Artist Website: bukowski.net

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