Allen Ginsberg - Wikipedia
WebIrwin Allen Ginsberg (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n z b ɜːr ɡ /; 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 …
Howl by Allen Ginsberg | Poetry Foundation
WebAllen Ginsberg was an acclaimed poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation whose radical literary works and advocacy for social change left an indelible mark on American counterculture. Ginsberg first came to public attention in 1956 with …
Allen Ginsberg - Howl, Poems & Quotes - Biography
WebApr 2, 2014 · Allen Ginsberg is one of the 20th century's most influential poets, regarded as a founding father of the Beat Movement and known for works like "Howl." Updated: Apr 5, 2021 (1926-1997)
Allen Ginsberg | Biography, Howl, Poems, & Facts | Britannica
Web4 days ago · 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.
Allen Ginsberg - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
WebOct 27, 2022 · Irwin Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926–d. 1997) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a high school teacher father who published poetry and a Russian-born mother who retained her communist roots. Both her sympathy for the labor class and her gradual mental decay deeply affected Ginsberg in his youth.
Allen Ginsberg | Poetry Foundation
Web1926–1997. Photo by Cyril H. Baker/Pix Inc./ The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. Allen Ginsberg was an acclaimed poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation whose radical literary works and advocacy for social change …
Allen Ginsberg (Author of Howl and Other Poems) - Goodreads
WebApr 5, 1997 · Long incantatory works and books of known American poet Irwin Allen Ginsberg, a leading figure of the Beat Generation, include Howl (1956) and Kaddish (1961). Naomi Ginsberg bore Irwin Allen Ginsberg, a son, to Louis Ginsberg, a Jewish member of the New York literary counterculture of the 1920s.
Ginsberg, (Irwin) Allen | Encyclopedia.com
WebGINSBERG, (Irwin) Allen (b. 3 June 1926 in Newark, New Jersey; d. 5 April 1997 in New York City), one of the most influential of the Beat Generation poets, whose poem "Howl" became an anthem of the countercultural, antiwar, and pro-drug movements of the 1960s.
About Allen Ginsberg | Academy of American Poets
WebAllen Ginsberg was one of the leading icons of the Beat movement, and "Howl" became one of the most widely read book of poems of the century, translated into more than twenty-two languages.
Biography of Allen Ginsberg, American Poet - ThoughtCo
WebMar 30, 2020 · Full Name: Irwin Allen Ginsberg. Known For: Author of Howl. Born: June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. Parents: Naomi Levi and Louis Ginsberg. Died: April 5, 1997 in New York City, New York. Education: Montclair State College, Columbia University.