Guide Notes:
Ken Kesey was an American author and counter-culture folk hero who is best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Fast Facts:
- Born: September 17, 1935
- Died: November 10, 2001
- Birthplace: La Junta, Colorado
- Birth Name: Kenneth Elton Kesey
- Participated in Project MKULTRA
- Favorite Band: The Grateful Dead
- Member of the Merry Pranksters
- Authored over a dozen novels
Drug Culture
While attending Stanford University in 1959, Kesey took part in a volutary CIA funded drug testing program called Project MKULTRA. The project took place at the Menlo Park Veterans Hospital, and provided the background for his writing project, which would later become One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The testing was over a broad range of psychoactive drugs which included LSD, mescaline and cocaine. Kesey went on after the project to perform his own testing, to the point of hosting "acid parties" once he arrived on the west coast.
Guide Notes:
Ken Kesey was an American author and counter-culture folk hero who is best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Fast Facts:
Born: September 17, 1935
Died: November 10, 2001
Birth Name: Kenneth Elton Kesey
Participated in Project MKULTRA
Favorite Band: The Grateful Dead
Member of the Merry Pranksters
Authored over a dozen novels
Drug Culture
</small> While attending Stanford University in 1959, Kesey took part in a volutary CIA funded drug testing program called Project MKULTRA. The project took place at the Menlo Park Veterans Hospital, and provided the background for his writing project, which would later become One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The testing was over a broad range of psychoactive drugs which included LSD, mescaline and cocaine. Kesey went on after the project to perform his own testing, to the point of hosting "acid parties" once he arrived on the west coast. </note>
Ken Kesey Personal Timeline
September 17, 1935: Born
1957: Received degree from the University of Oregon in Speech and Communication
1958: Enrolls in Stanford University's creative writing program
1959: Volunteered for Project MKULTRA, a CIA sponsored research program
1964: Merry Pranksters travel across country in their bus, "Furthur"
1966: Arrested for possession of marijuana, fled to Mexico | spent 5 months in jail
1994: Toured with the Merry Pranksters performing a musical he wrote
November 10, 2001: Died
Notable Film Adaptions
NOTE: All of the links in this section are from IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1971: Sometimes a Great Notion
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