- Once estimated he had read over 9000 books, of which only 50 had given him something he thought was irreplaceable.
- Children with Lepska, Anthony and Valentine.
- Dropped out of City College of New York and became a personnel manager in the messenger department of Western Union.
- His book 'Tropic of Cancer' was published in the US 30 years after it was published in France.
- Was cremated; his ashes were scattered off Big Sur, California.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960.
- Parents were from Germany.
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