A report on Beat Generation
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
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Kenneth Rexroth
7 linksAmerican poet, translator, and critical essayist.
American poet, translator, and critical essayist.
Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet, and disliked the association, he was dubbed the "Father of the Beats" by Time magazine.
Herbert Huncke
4 linksAmerican writer and poet, and an active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America.
American writer and poet, and an active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America.
He was a member of the Beat Generation and is reputed to have coined the term.
Counterculture of the 1960s
13 linksAnti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
The Pranksters created a direct link between the 1950s Beat Generation and the 1960s psychedelic scene; the bus was driven by Beat icon Neal Cassady, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg was on board for a time, and they dropped in on Cassady's friend, Beat author Jack Kerouac—though Kerouac declined to participate in the Prankster scene.
Carolyn Cassady
5 linksCarolyn Elizabeth Robinson Cassady (April 28, 1923 – September 20, 2013) was an American writer and associated with the Beat Generation through her marriage to Neal Cassady and her friendships with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other prominent Beat figures.
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).
Diane di Prima
6 linksDiane di Prima (August 6, 1934October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement.
Michael McClure
6 linksAmerican poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.
History of the hippie movement
1 linksThe hippie subculture began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world.
The hippie subculture began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world.
It is directly influenced and inspired by the Beat Generation, and American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Wally Hedrick
3 linksSeminal American artist in the 1950s California counterculture, gallerist, and educator who came to prominence in the early 1960s.
Seminal American artist in the 1950s California counterculture, gallerist, and educator who came to prominence in the early 1960s.
Hedrick was also a key figure in the first important public manifestation of the Beat Generation when he helped to organize the Six Gallery Reading, and created the first artistic denunciation of American foreign policy in Vietnam.