Lucien Carr and David Kammerer A Historical Account La Historia Society

Lucien Carr David Kammerer. Beat Generation Lucien Carr Kammerer had been a friend of Burroughs since childhood, and in 1933 they had visited Europe together It was here 68 years ago, on a slope descending to the moonlit Hudson River, that Lucien Carr, 19, the Beat Generation's charismatic, callow swami, buried a knife in the heart of David Kammerer.

Louis native Lucien Carr, who possessed a mixture of delinquency, good looks, and intellectual charm Others frame Kammerer as an over-age predator stalking a vulnerable youth

Young Lucien Carr

Lucien Carr was born in 1925 - five years later his father left the family, leaving Carr's mother to care for her son One day Carr impulsively stabbed Kammerer to death by the Hudson River in. It is becoming increasingly common to question the old narrative of Carr stabbing to death his long-time stalker in a moment of desperation, with various interpretations now suggesting.

The “Literary Lion That Never Roared” Colt Chronicle. Some folks posit Lucien Carr, a young man of "delinquency, good looks, and intellectual charm" (per The Paris Review), as a tease who drew David Kammerer to madness Lucien Carr was born in 1925 - five years later his father left the family, leaving Carr's mother to care for her son

Columbia U. Haunts of Lucien Carr and the Beats The New York Times. Both extremes are overly simplistic; like most things, reality rests somewhere in the middle. 1911), a man who would have a profound influence on the course of his life