Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over 60 books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column Notes of a Dirty Old Man in the LA underground newspaper Open City. Bukowski published extensively in small literary magazines and with small presses beginning in the early 1940s and continuing on through the early 1990s. As noted by one reviewer, "Bukowski continued to be, thanks to his antics and deliberate clownish performances, the king of the underground and the epitome of the littles in the ensuing decades, stressing his loyalty to those small press editors who had
Henry Charles Bukowski (nacido Heinrich Karl Bukowski; 16 de agosto de 1920 – 9 de marzo de 1994) fue un poeta, novelista y escritor de historias cortas estadounidense. Su escritura fue influenciada por el ambiente social, cultural y económico de su ciudad natal de Los Ángeles. Su trabajo aborda la vida ordinaria de los pobres estadounidenses, el acto de escribir, el alcohol, las relaciones con las mujeres, y la drudgery del trabajo. Bukowski escribió miles de poemas, cientos de historias cortas y seis novelas, finalmente publicando más de 60 libros. El FBI mantuvo un archivo sobre él como resultado de su columna Notas de un viejo sucio en el diario subterráneo de Los Ángeles Open City. Bukowski publicó extensamente en pequeñas revistas literarias y con pequeñas impresiones comenzando en los inicios de los años 1940 y continuando a lo largo de los años 1990.