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   Irwin Allen Ginsberg ( / ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) 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.

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   Learn about the life and works of Allen Ginsberg, a leading figure of the Beat Generation and a radical poet who challenged social norms and conventions. Explore his influential poems such as Howl, Kaddish, and America, and his correspondence with Peter Orlovsky.

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   May 30, 2024 · Allen Ginsberg, American poet whose epic poem Howl (1956) is considered to be one of the most significant products of the Beat movement. The work owes something to the romantic bohemianism of Walt Whitman, and it also dwells on homosexuality, drug addiction, and Buddhism, among other topics.

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6. interestingliterature.com › 2024 › 0110 of the Best Allen Ginsberg Poems Everyone Should Read

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   Learn about the life and work of the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, who wrote free verse poems about his personal experiences, political views, and spiritual quests. Discover his famous poems such as 'Howl', 'Kaddish', and 'America', and how they reflect the culture and politics of his time.

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   Jan 27, 2002 · Learn about the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, a renowned poet, Beat Generation leader, and social activist. Explore his influential poems, such as "Howl" and "Kaddish", his travels, his spirituality, and his legacy.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Allen Ginsberg was one of the founding fathers of the Beat Generation with his revolutionary poem "Howl." Ginsberg was a prolific writer who also championed gay rights and anti-war movements...

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   Did Ginsberg have a 'Beat Generation'?

   • Though the term "Beat" is most accurately applied to Ginsberg and his closest friends (Corso, Orlovsky, Kerouac, Burroughs, etc.), the term "Beat Generation" has become associated with many of the other poets Ginsberg met and became friends with in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A key feature of this term seems to be a friendship with Ginsberg.

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   Who did Ginsberg meet in San Francisco?

   • Also in San Francisco, Ginsberg met members of the San Francisco Renaissance (James Broughton, Robert Duncan, Madeline Gleason and Kenneth Rexroth) and other poets who would later be associated with the Beat Generation in a broader sense.

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   Who influenced Ginsberg?

   • Ginsberg was influenced in his work by the poet William Carlos Williams, particularly toward the use of natural speech rhythms and direct observations of unadorned actuality.

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   Who is Allen Ginsberg?

   • Renowned poet, world traveler, spiritual seeker, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human and civil rights, photographer and songwriter, political gadfly, teacher and co-founder of a poetics school. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) defied simple classification.

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    Allen Ginsberg was an outspoken voice for human rights, gay liberation, freedom of speech and ecology. The most politically-engaged poet of the 20th century, he protested against the Vietnam War , nuclear weapons , sexual repression , censorship , corporate abuses , draconian drug laws , the FBI and the CIA , and spoke out for a new vision of ...