Allen Ginsberg
American poet
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet, philosopher, and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. Wikipedia
Born: June 3, 1926, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 5, 1997, East Village, New York City, New York, United States
Books: Howl and Other Poems, Kaddish, MORE
Movies: Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, Pull My Daisy, MORE
Quotes
- I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.
- Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.
- The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.
Whaddaya Say?