 De Amerikaanse schrijver Allen Ginsberg signeert werk in de Atheneumboekhandel Image by Hans van Dijk for Anefo, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC0 |
Allen GinsbergAllen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg American poet and writer (1926–1997) For the American businessman, see Alan Ginsburg. For the serial killer who was born Allen Ginsberg, see William MacDonald (serial killer). Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions.[1][2] Quick facts Born, Died ... Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg in 1979 Born Irwin Allen… (Source: Wikipedia)
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