- Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the counterculture that soon would follow
| Born: | 03 June 1926 Comment | | When did Allen Ginsberg die? / Died | 05 April 1997 | | How many years did Allen Ginsberg live? / Lived | 70 years | | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
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Allen Ginsberg facts
- He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions
- He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S
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- Ginsberg is best known for his poem "Howl", in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States
- In 1956, "Howl" was seized by San Francisco police and US Customs
- In 1957, it attracted widespread publicity when it became the subject of an obscenity trial, as it described heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made homosexual acts a crime in every U
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- "Howl" reflected Ginsberg's own homosexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner
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