Proper noun
Gysin
A surname.
I Am the Artist when I am Open. When I am closed I am Brion Gysin. Brion Gysin
After the publication of Naked Lunch, a book whose creation was to a certain extent the result of a series of contingencies, Burroughs was exposed to Brion Gysin 's cut-up technique at the Beat Hotel in Paris in October 1959. Source: Internet
After World War II After serving in the U.S. army during World War II, Gysin published a biography of Josiah "Uncle Tom" Henson titled, To Master, a Long Goodnight: The History of Slavery in Canada (1946). Source: Internet
A monograph on Gysin was published in 2003 by Thames and Hudson. Source: Internet
At the Beat Hotel Burroughs discovered "a port of entry" into Gysin's canvases: "I don't think I had ever seen painting until I saw the painting of Brion Gysin." Source: Internet
Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader. Source: Internet