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Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)

  1. Allen Ginsberg born in Newark, New Jersey

    Labels: Allen Ginsberg, Newark NJ

  2. Studies at Columbia and joins Beat circle

    Labels: Columbia University, Beat circle

  4. Moves west and meets Peter Orlovsky

    Labels: Peter Orlovsky, San Francisco

  5. First public reading of “Howl” at Six Gallery

    Labels: Six Gallery, Howl

  7. “Howl and Other Poems” is published

    Labels: Howl and, City Lights

  8. Court rules “Howl” not obscene

    Labels: Ferlinghetti trial, Judge Clayton

  9. “Kaddish” is published in City Lights collection

    Labels: Kaddish, City Lights

  10. “Flower power” enters antiwar protest language

    Labels: Flower Power, antiwar movement

  11. National Book Award for “The Fall of America”

    Labels: The Fall, National Book

  12. Founds Jack Kerouac School at Naropa

    Labels: Jack Kerouac, Naropa

  13. Diagnosed with terminal liver cancer

    Labels: Liver cancer, 1997 diagnosis

  14. Dies in New York City, leaving major legacy

    Labels: New York, Allen Ginsberg