Allen Ginsberg was one of the most renowned, and admired poets in contemporary literature. Allen was known for his antiwar movements, and a founding member of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg is best known for his poem Howl a long poem attacking American values of the 1950s. The style of Jack Kerouac, William Carlos Williams, William Blake, the teachings of Zen Buddhism, and the words of Walt Whitman were major inspirations for his search to promote freedom of expression.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3rd, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, The son of Louis and Naomi Ginsberg. Allen suffered form an emotionally troubled childhood. . As a young boy growing up, Allen watched his mother give i
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