Allen Ginsberg Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was a famous American poet who passionately battled against militarism, materialism and sexual repression. A prominent personality in the Beat Generation his poetry is highly inspired by the epic and free verse style poetry of American poet Walt Whitman. Ginsberg highly raised voice against the promise of American democracy, the central importance of erotic experience, and the spiritual quest for truth of everyday existence through his writings.

Ginsberg was inclined towards Buddhism. His popular poem  How  is among the classic poems of this group of writers. In October 1955, he and five other anonymous poets recited free reading at an experimental art gallery in San Francisco. In 1957, “Howl” became the subject of an obscenity trail which eventually attracted lots of eye balls. This is because the poem reflected both heterosexual and homosexual sex during the period when homosexuality was a crime in U.S. But later Judge Clayton W. Horn concluded that it was not obscene.

Throughout his life, political activism was consistent with religious beliefs. He also participated enthusiastically in various non-violent political protests. Ginsberg was honored with the National Book Award for poetry in 1974, for his book of poems titled The Fall of America€.