Allen Ginsberg Biography

Allen Ginsberg biography

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NAME: Allen Ginsberg
OCCUPATION: Activist, Poet
BIRTH DATE: June 03, 1926
DEATH DATE: April 05, 1997
EDUCATION: Columbia University

PLACE OF BIRTH: Newark, New Jersey
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

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Allen Ginsberg was a poet associated with the Beat movement and the writers Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. His best known work is the poem "Howl."

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Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926, in Newark, NJ. He attended Columbia University and became friends with Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. "Howl," Ginsberg's first published book, was a long poem that dwelt on homosexuality, drugs, Buddhism, and post-World War II America, themes that stayed with him his entire career. Ginsberg was a longtime countercultural icon. He died in 1997.