Charles Bukowski's widow, Linda Lee Buko

Charles Bukowski's widow, Linda Lee Bukowski attends the media preview of the exhibition "Charles Bukowski, poet on the edge" at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California on October 8, 2010. The exhibition will open tomorrow and runs through February 14, 2011. One of the most original voices in 20th-century American literature, Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) lived and wrote at the edge of society. With unflinching honesty and strong language, his poems and tales speak of life on the streets of Los Angeles among the prostitutes, drunks, gamblers, and outcasts struggling to survive in an unforgiving world. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)