William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) - Beat Generation writer, inventor of the cut-up technique, and explorer of control systems, language as virus, and the algebra of need.
"Language is a virus from outer space. The word is now a virus. We are here to go."
Writer, junkie, accidental murderer, queer icon. His cut-up method: take texts, cut them up, rearrange them randomly. New meanings emerge from the chaos. The interzone between sense and nonsense.