Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg · Arts & Literature
Beat Generation poet ('Howl')
1926, Newark, New Jersey, United States — 1997, New York City, United States
United States
Allen Ginsberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Beat Generation poet ('Howl')
Ginsberg was a poet and a central figure of the Beat Generation whose 1956 poem 'Howl' broke open American poetry with its raw candor and, after an obscenity trial that it won, expanded free-speech protections for literature. He remained an influential voice for counterculture, peace and gay rights. He was born to a Jewish family in Newark; his father Louis was a poet and his mother a Russian-Jewish immigrant.
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Beat Generation poet ('Howl')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
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