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(1926-1997) Poet, outspoken member of the Beat movement of writers. Allen Ginsberg lived at 206 East 7th Street, 170 East 2nd Street, 404 East 14th Street, and 536 West 114th Street in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his poem “Howl,” which is considered one of the essential texts of the Beat generation. Other volumes of his Whitmanesque poetry include “Kaddish and Other Poems, 1958-1960” (1961), and “The Fall of America” (1973). “Allen Verbatim” (1974) is a collection of lectures.

Full Name

Allen Ginsberg

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ginsberg lived at 206 East 7th Street, 170 East 2nd Street, 404 East 14th Street, and 536 West 114th Street, New York, New York.

1926

BIRTH

Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926.

1948

OTHER

Ginsberg graduated from Columbia University in 1948.

1956

LITWORK

Howl and Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1961

LITWORK

Kaddish and Other Poems, 1958-1960


Collection of poetry.

1962

LITWORK

Empty Mirror


Collection of poetry.

1963

LITWORK

Reality Sandwiches


Collection of poetry.

1964

LITWORK

The Yage Letters


Collection of poetry; written with William Burroughs.

1966

LITWORK

The Marihuana Papers


Collection of poetry.

1968

RESIDENCE

In July of 1968 Allen purchases an 80-acre farm near the small town of Cherry Valley, New York, as a retreat and work place, and to insulate his partner Peter Orlovsky from drugs.

1968

RESIDENCE

In September 1968, Allen Ginsberg retires to his property in Cherry Valley, New York, for the winter. He hires filmmaker Gordon Ball to manage the farm with Peter Orlovsky, and begins setting some of William Blake���s work to music for release on the Apple Records label.

1968

LITWORK

TV Baby Poem


Collection of poetry.

1969

LITWORK

Planet News 1961-1967


Collection of poetry.

1969

LITWORK

Ankor Wat


Collection of poetry.

1970

LITWORK

Indian Journals


Collection of poetry.

1973

LITWORK

The Fall Of America

1980

LITWORK

Straight Hearts' Delight: Love Poems And Selected Letters
Gay Sunshine Press
0917342658; ISBN-13: 978-0917342653
Poetry; with Peter Orlovsky.

1986

OTHER

Allen is appointed Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College -- his first paid professorial job.

1994

RESIDENCE

Buys a loft space in New York���s East Village to serve as his home and office.

1997

DEATH

Allen Ginsberg died in New York, New York, in 1997.

1997

INTERMENT

Allen Ginsberg was interred in Gomel Chesed Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

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