A report on Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer.
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Beat Generation
37 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959), and Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957) are among the best known examples of Beat literature.
Jack Kerouac
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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Howl (poem)
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"Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
William S. Burroughs
15 linksAmerican writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
In 1943, while living in New York City, he befriended Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
City Lights Bookstore
10 linksIndependent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
Independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
Both the store and the publishers became widely known following the obscenity trial of Ferlinghetti for publishing Allen Ginsberg's influential collection Howl and Other Poems (City Lights, 1956).
Gregory Corso
8 linksAmerican poet and a key member of the Beat movement.
American poet and a key member of the Beat movement.
He was the youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs).
Neal Cassady
7 linksMajor figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
Major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
Cassady also appeared in Allen Ginsberg's poems, and in several other works of literature by other writers.
Anne Waldman
6 linksAmerican poet.
American poet.
During this time, Waldman also made many connections with earlier generations of poets, including figures such as Allen Ginsberg, who once called Waldman his "spiritual wife."
On the Road
4 links1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.
1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.
The novel is a roman à clef, with many key figures of the Beat movement, such as William S. Burroughs (Old Bull Lee), Allen Ginsberg (Carlo Marx), and Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty) represented by characters in the book, including Kerouac himself as the narrator Sal Paradise.
Naropa University
5 linksPrivate university in Boulder, Colorado.
Private university in Boulder, Colorado.
Trungpa asked poets Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and Diane di Prima, and the composer John Cage to found a poetics department at Naropa during the first summer session.