Neal Cassady

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Beat Generation figure human writer

Neal Cassady was an American writer and charismatic drifter whose freewheeling lifestyle and letters deeply influenced the Beat Generation, most famously inspiring the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Neal Cassady canonical	29
John Allen Cassady	3
Cassady	1
Neal Cassady’s youth	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beat Generation figure ⓘ human ⓘ writer ⓘ
appearsIn	On the Road ⓘ
associatedWith	Merry Pranksters ⓘ
birthDate	1926-02-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Salt Lake City ⓘ surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
child	Carolyn Cassady ⓘ surface form: Cathy Cassady Jami Cassady ⓘ Neal Cassady self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Allen Cassady
closeFriendOf	Allen Ginsberg ⓘ Jack Kerouac ⓘ Ken Kesey ⓘ
correspondedWith	Allen Ginsberg ⓘ Jack Kerouac ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1968-02-04 ⓘ
deathPlace	San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato ⓘ surface form: San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
education	Denver, Colorado public schools ⓘ
familyName	Neal Cassady self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cassady
fictionalCounterpartOf	Neal Cassady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
givenName	Neal ⓘ
influenced	Allen Ginsberg ⓘ Beat literature ⓘ Jack Kerouac ⓘ Ken Kesey ⓘ
inspiredCharacter	Dean Moriarty ⓘ
knownFor	charismatic drifter lifestyle ⓘ spontaneous prose style in letters ⓘ
movement	Beat Generation ⓘ counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
name	Neal Cassady self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Collected Letters of Neal Cassady ⓘ The First Third ⓘ
occupation	autobiographer ⓘ chauffeur ⓘ railroad worker ⓘ writer ⓘ
raisedIn	Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholic (background) ⓘ
role	bus driver for the Merry Pranksters ⓘ
spouse	Carolyn Cassady ⓘ Lu Anne Henderson ⓘ
subjectOf	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur On the Road ⓘ The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test ⓘ Visions of Cody ⓘ
traveledOn	Furthur (Merry Pranksters bus) ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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On the Road → inspiredBy → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Allen Ginsberg → associatedWith → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Beatniks → associatedWithPerson → Neal Cassady ⓘ

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subject surface form: Dean Moriarty

Neal Cassady → child → Neal Cassady self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Allen Cassady

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Cassidy → inspiredBy → Neal Cassady ⓘ

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test → describesPerson → Neal Cassady ⓘ

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The First Third → author → Neal Cassady ⓘ

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Collected Letters of Neal Cassady → author → Neal Cassady ⓘ

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Merry Pranksters → member → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Carolyn Cassady → spouse → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Carolyn Cassady → notable associate → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Carolyn Cassady → child → Neal Cassady ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Allen Cassady

Jami Cassady → childOf → Neal Cassady ⓘ

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Jami Cassady → relative → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Jami Cassady → influencedBy → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Lu Anne Henderson → spouse → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Lu Anne Henderson → associatedWith → Neal Cassady ⓘ

Dean Moriarity (variant spelling in some editions) → basedOn → Neal Cassady ⓘ

subject surface form: Dean Moriarity

Dean Moriarity (variant spelling in some editions) → influencedBy → Neal Cassady ⓘ

subject surface form: Dean Moriarity

Edie Parker → associatedWith → Neal Cassady ⓘ