CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Scriitor american de origine germană, cunoscut și sub pseudonimul de Hank, Buk sau Chinasky.

A scris nuvele, poezii și romane, creații care i-au adus celebritatea prin stilul lor frust și anti puritan: 

Oficiul postal - Post Office (1971)

Factotum (1975)

Femei - Women (1975)

Sandviș cu șuncă - Ham on Rye (1982)

Hollywood (1989)

De duzină - Pulp (1994)

Cel mai cunoscut volum de poezii se numește "Zilele fug precum caii sălbatici peste dealuri" iar proza scurtă care a devenit notorie se identifică prin titluri considerate scandaloase, precum "Notele unui porc bătrân" sau "Erecții, ejaculări".

Câteva citate care mi-au plăcut foarte mult din opera lui:

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence"

"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way"

"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire" 

"The less I needed the better I felt"

"You have to die a few times before you can really live"

"That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen."

"Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?"

"If you have the ability to love, love yourself first".