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Kesey, Kenneth Elton ("Ken")

(b. 17 September 1935 in La Junta, Colorado; d. 10 November 2001 in Eugene, Oregon), writer, farmer, filmmaker, and teacher whose primary novels, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), both of which championed the power of the individual over authoritarian repression, captured and reflected the counterculture spirit of the 1960s.

Kesey was the son of Fred A. Kesey and Geneve (Smith) Kesey, who were dairy farmers; he had one brother. In 1946, after Kesey's father was discharged from the navy, the family moved to Springfield, Oregon, where Fred Kesey established the Eugene Farmers Cooperative; it became the biggest dairy operation in the area, selling under the retail name Darigold. Kesey was an avid reader and was active in sports (particularly wrestling) and theater in high school; he was voted "most likely to succeed" by his graduating class at Springfield High School in 1953. Kesey attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, continuing his involvement in wrestling and acting. In 1956 he marri

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Ken Kesey

American writer and countercultural figure (1935–2001)

Ken Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.

Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1957. He began writing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1960 after completing a graduate fellowship in creative writing at Stanford University; the novel was an immediate commercial and critical success when published two years later. During this period, Kesey was used by the CIA without his knowledge in the Project MKULTRA involving hallucinogenic drugs (including mescaline and LSD), which was done to try to make people insane to put them under the control of interrogators.^[4]^[5]

After One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was published, Kesey moved to nearby La Honda, California, and began hosting "happenings" with former colleagues from Stanford,

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Ken (Elton) Kesey Biography

Nationality: American. Born: La Junta, Colorado, 1935. Education: A high school in Springfield, Oregon; University of Oregon, Eugene, B.A. 1957; Stanford University, California (Woodrow Wilson fellow), 1958-59. Career: Ward attendant in mental hospital, Menlo Park, California; president, Intrepid Trips film company, 1964. Since 1974 publisher, Spit in the Ocean magazine, Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Served prison term for marijuana possession, 1967. Awards: Saxton Memorial Trust award, 1959.

PUBLICATIONS

Novels

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York, Viking Press, 1962;London, Methuen, 1963.

Sometimes a Great Notion. New York, Viking Press, 1964; London, Methuen, 1966.

Demon Box. New York, Viking, and London, Methuen, 1986.

Caverns, with others. New York, Viking, 1990.

The Further Inquiry. New York, Viking, 1990.

Sailor Song. New York, Viking, 1992; London, Black Swan, 1993.

Last Go Round, with Ken Babbs. New York, Viking, 1994.

Short Stories

The Day Superman Died. Northridge, California, Lord John Press, 198