Jim Carroll

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diarist musician person poet punk musician

Jim Carroll was an American poet, diarist, and punk musician best known for his autobiographical work "The Basketball Diaries," which chronicles his youth and struggles with drug addiction.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diarist ⓘ musician ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ punk musician ⓘ
authorOf	Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973 ⓘ Living at the Movies ⓘ The Basketball Diaries ⓘ
bandMemberOf	The Jim Carroll Band ⓘ
basedOn	The Basketball Diaries ⓘ surface form: The Basketball Diaries (film adaptation is based on his book)
birthName	James Dennis Carroll ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfBirth	1949-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2009-09-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ
genre	punk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ spoken word ⓘ
hasWebsite	http://www.catholicboy.com/ ⓘ
influencedBy	New York punk scene ⓘ
knownFor	The Basketball Diaries ⓘ autobiographical writing about youth and drug addiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	diary ⓘ poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement	punk literature ⓘ
name	James Dennis Carroll ⓘ surface form: Jim Carroll
notableWork	Catholic Boy ⓘ Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973 ⓘ Living at the Movies ⓘ The Basketball Diaries ⓘ
occupation	diarist ⓘ musician ⓘ poet ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	The Basketball Diaries ⓘ surface form: The Basketball Diaries (film)
vocalistOf	The Jim Carroll Band ⓘ
wroteAbout	New York City street life ⓘ adolescence ⓘ drug addiction ⓘ

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The Basketball Diaries → authorOfSourceMaterial → Jim Carroll ⓘ

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Leonardo DiCaprio → portrayed → Jim Carroll ⓘ