Charles Bukowski: Charles Bukowski. Writer: Barfly. Charles Bukowski, the American poet, short-story writer, and novelist, was born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, Jr. in Andernach, Germany on August 1920. He was the son of Henry Bukowski, a US soldier who was part of the post-World War I occupation force, and Katharina Fett, a German woman. His father, his wife and young "Henry Charles" returned to the United States in 1922, settling in Los Angeles,...
Known For: Barfly (Writer), Factotum (Writer), The Icecream People (Writer), The Bottle (Writer)