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Ken Kesey was born on September 17th, 1935 in La Junta, Colorado. While he was in a fellowship to Stanford's Writing Program he worked at a Californian Veterans' Administration hospital in the psychiatric ward as a night guard ("KnowledgeNotes Study Guide", par. 1). Kesey's first published book was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which was published in 1962. Many of the experiences Kesey endured while working at the hospital were inspirations for the book ("KnowledgeNotes Study Guide", par. 1). The novel was written in the Post War period and was part of the Beat Movement.
I believe that Kesey wrote this book to show people that patients in psychiatric wards aren't really sick and crazy; they are just misunderstood outcasts of society.
Kesey received his Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1957. Afterwards, he participated in a fellowship to Stanford University's Writing Program, while he also worked as a night attendant at a Californian Veterans Hospital in......

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