who wrote one flew over the cuckoo's nest book
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. It was adapted into the broadway (and later off-broadway) play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman, which won five Academy Awards.
Will Sampson William "Will" Sampson, Jr. (September 27, 1933 â€“ June 3, 1987) was a Native American painter, actor, and rodeo performer. He is best known for his performance as the apparent deaf and mute Native American "Chief Bromden" in the Academy Award winning film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, as "Worm" in the 1977 Charles Bronson western The White Buffalo, as well as his role as "Taylor" in Poltergeist II: The Other Side and "Ten Bears" in the Clint Eastwood 1976 classic The Outlaw Josey Wales.