People like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs (8)
I believe the answer is:
beatniks
(Other definitions for beatniks that I've seen before include "Nonconformist youths in the 1950s and early 1960s" , "Hippies," , "Nonconformist youths in the '50s and '60s" , "Unconventional youngsters" , "Former drop-outs" .)