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Allen Ginsberg
AuthorBooks · Second hand1926-1997
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions.
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About Allen Ginsberg
Birth
1926
Death
1997
First book
1956
Years writing
70
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions.
Allen Ginsberg was a central figure and iconic voice of the Beat Generation in the United States.
His most famous work, Howl, became a fundamental pillar of 20th-century confessional poetry.
Beyond writing, Ginsberg explored multiple artistic facets such as photography, music, and playwriting.
Born in Paterson, he dedicated his life to documenting the American reality through more than 240 published works.
His literary legacy transcends the page, deeply influencing contemporary culture and poetry.
