Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman, 1988. Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die (1988) - Part 1. Charles Bukowski. Life and work[edit] Family and early years[edit] Charles Bukowski was born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski in Andernach, Germany, to Heinrich (Henry) Bukowski and Katharina (née Fett).
His paternal grandfather Leonard had emigrated to America from Germany in the 1880s. Bukowski - Born into this (2003)