The Resume

(March 12, 1922-October 21, 1969)
Birth Name is Jean-Louis Kerouac
Wrote 'On The Road,' 'The Dharma Bums,' 'Subterraneans,' 'Desolation Angels,' 'Mexico City Blues' and 'Doctor Sax'
One of the 'Beat Generation' icons along with Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady and Alan Watts

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of Columbia University.
He tried and failed to enlist in with the military in World War II.
He was a bum.
He had a severe drinking problem.
He suffered from depression.
He lived with his mother on and off in to his forties.
He supported the Vietnam War.
Both of his marriages to Edie Parker and Joan Haverty ended within months.
He was a follower of Buddha.
He was a follower of Jesus Christ.
Lots of beatnik chicks and hippie chicks love his novels.
He refers to sex as 'yabyum' in his novels.
He was friends with William F. Buckley.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won a football scholarship to Columbia University.
He spoke an obscure dialect of French called Joual.
He grew up during the great depression.
He was a merchant marine.
Kerouac suffered seven years of rejection before 'On The Road' was published.
His novels are classics.

Credit: SumoBear

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alcohol Contributed to My Death
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 90)
• Beastie Boys References
• Beat Generation Writers
• Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
• Bisexuals
• Celebrities on the Cover of Rolling Stone’s 1,000th Issue [May 7, 2006]
• Chickenhawks
• College Drop Outs
• Deadbeat Dads
• Entertainers Loved by Stoners
• Historical Figures Featured on Quantum Leap
• I Abused Amphetamines
• I Acted as My Own Attorney
• I am a Buddhist
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am a U.S. Marine
• I Are a Schizophrenic
• I Attended Horace Mann [Bronx]
• I Come from Canada
• I Come from Queens
• I Died in 1969 (Ranked: 47)
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Took a Paternity Test
• I Write Bildungsroman
• John Belushi's Impersonations
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 67)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Masturbatory Names
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 55)
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4688)
• Residents of the Hotel Chelsea
• SumoBear's Profiles
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Too Old to Still Live at Home
• Twee Icons

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 125 Votes: 55.20% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 85 Votes: 54.12% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 87 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 41 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 51.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 69 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 36 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 40.98% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 43.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 119 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 214 Votes: 42.99% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 283 Votes: 44.52% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 309 Votes: 49.19% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 630 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1836 Votes: 41.83% Annoying