The Allen Ginsberg Estate

About the Author

Allen Ginsberg (born June 3rd, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey), was an American poet whose epic poem Howl (1956) is considered to be one of the most significant products of the Beat movement. Ginsberg’s often-incendiary poetry addressed the most controversial subjects in American culture throughout the 1950s-1960s, including homosexuality, drug addiction, materialism and faith. Left-wing activist, counterculture icon, and radical poet, Ginsberg, a lifelong buddhist, travelled widely, lectured memorably, and dined frequently, often at his Lower East Side apartment, enveloped by friends, lovers, and devotees. Allen Ginsberg died April 5th, 1997, New York, New York. Today, The Allen Ginsberg Estate, directed by Peter Thale, maintains Ginsberg’s iconoclastic legacy.