![]() ![]() During this period, Kesey participated in government studies involving hallucinogenic drugs (including mescaline and LSD) to supplement his income. He began writing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1960 after completing a graduate fellowship in creative writing at Stanford University the novel was an immediate commercial and critical success when published two years later. Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1957. ![]() He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. ![]() Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. ![]()
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