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Category Description: Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet. He is well known for the poem "Howl" based on his experiences prior to 1955, and a history of the Beat Generation. He was born in 1926 and died in 1997.

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Allen Ginsberg Trust - Author's site offering information on the man, his work, and the estate trust.
Poets.org: Allen Ginsberg - Biography, selected bibliography and text and audio clips of some of his poems.
San Francisco Chronicle: A `Howl' That Still Echoes - Lawrence Ferlinghetti recalls the first reading of Howl, described as a 3,600-word torrent of unusually vivid and hellish imagery.