Henry Chinaski

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Henry Chinaski is the protagonist of five novels by Charles Bukowski, as well as many short stories and poems. Henry Chinaski is also mentioned briefly in the beginning of Bukowski's last novel Pulp. He is a consummate anti-hero: a misanthropic alcoholic who drifts from job to job and woman to woman. He is also an autobiographical character; like Bukowski, Chinaski grows up poor; has liaisons with mostly younger women and spends many years in a post office job he hates. He was portrayed by Mickey Rourke in the film Barfly, which Bukowski himself wrote. He was also portrayed by Matt Dillon in the film Factotum, released in 2005.

[edit] Books that feature Henry Chinaski

  • Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live With the Beasts (1965)
  • Post Office (1971)
  • South of No North (1973)
  • Factotum (1975)
  • Women (1978)
  • Ham on Rye (1982)
  • Hot Water Music (1983)
  • Hollywood (1989)
  • Septuagenarian Stew (1990)
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