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Ken Kesey
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American novelist (1935–2001)

Also known as: Ken E. Kesey, Ken Elton Kesey, Kenneth Elton Kesey, Kenneth Kesey, Kesey, O. U. Levon

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Known works

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2005)
  • Sometimes a Great Notion (2006)
  • Last go round (1994)
  • Czasami wielka chętka
  • Little Tricker the squirrel meets Big Double the bear (1990)