Charles Bukowski was a postman who became a man of letters.
Bukowski was born in Germany on August 16th, 1920. He was taken to America as a two year old. He joined, and then dropped out of the Los Angeles City College.
Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels. His first collection of poems, ‘Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail’ was published in 1960. From then on, a poetry collection of Bukowski appeared nearly every year. By 1963, Bukowski had a legion of diehard fans.
‘Mockingbird Wish Me Luck’, ‘Love Is a Dog from Hell’, ‘War All the Time’, and ‘You Get So Alone at Times that It Just Makes Sense’, are some of his popular poetry collections.
Bukowski wrote several collections of short stories. ‘Notes of a Dirty Old Man’ was published in 1969. ‘Factotum’ and ‘Ham on Rye’ are among his well known novels. Bukowski’s life came to an end on March 9th, 1994. Several collections of his unpublished poetry including ‘Slouching Toward Nirvana’ and ‘The People Look Like Flowers At Last’ appeared posthumously.