Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

(1926–1997) autobiographer United States

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[Wikidata] American poet and writer (1926–1997)... | [Wikipedia] Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he befriended 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 em

About Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he befriended 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.

Known for:

Kaddish|The Fall of America: Poems of These States|Howl

Notable works:

Howl

Awards:

John Jay Award|Golden Wreath|National Book Award|Robert Frost Medal|Guggenheim Fellowship|National Book Award for Poetry

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