Jack Kerouac's rare French novels to be released by Canadian publishers

Jack Kerouac's rare French novels to be released by Canadian publishers - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News: 
Born and raised in the French-American community of Lowell, Mass.,Kerouac didn't learn to speak English until he was about six. He continued to write in his mother tongue even after he became a celebrity of the American literary scene.
Publishers hope the collection, that will also be published in English by the non-profit Library of America, will reveal new depths to the seminal author, who died in 1969 at the age of 47.