Afbeelding van de auteur.

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)

Auteur van Howl and Other Poems

278+ Werken 19,955 Leden 222 Besprekingen Favoriet van 103 leden

Over de Auteur

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of poet and teacher Louis Ginsberg. In 1948, he received a B.A. degree from Columbia University. Ginsberg began writing poetry while still in school and first gained wide public recognition in 1956 with the long poem Howl. Howl has had a toon meer stormy history. When it was first recited at poetry readings, audiences cheered wildly. It was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Books and printed in England. Before the printed copies could be distributed, however they were seized by U.S. custom officials as obscene. After a famous court case in which the poem was found not to be obscene, the work sold rapidly and Ginsberg's reputation was assured. Regarded as the foremost port of the Beat generation (as group of rebellious writers who opposed conformity and sough intensity of experience), Ginsberg's work is concerned with many subjects of contemporary interest, including drugs, sexual confusion, the voluntary poverty of the artist and rebel, and rejection of society. He is a poet with a significant message, and his criticism of American society is part of a long tradition of American writers who have questioned their country's values. Ginsberg received numerous honors, including a Woodbury Poetry Prize, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and a National Book Award for poetry. Ginsberg was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1995 for his book Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992. Ever the Bohemian, he had numerous occupations throughout his lifetime including dishwasher, porter, book reviewer, and spot welder. He died in April 1997 of complications due to liver cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: William S. Burroughs, 1953

Reeksen

Werken van Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems (1956) 5,542 exemplaren
Junkie (1953) — Introductie — 4,842 exemplaren
Collected Poems 1947-1980 (1984) 898 exemplaren
Collected Poems 1947-1997 (2006) 683 exemplaren
The Yage Letters (1963) 648 exemplaren
Reality Sandwiches: 1953-1960 (1963) 505 exemplaren
Howl (1986) 396 exemplaren
Planet News 1961 - 1967 (1968) 226 exemplaren
Howl, Kaddisj en andere gedichten (1980) 221 exemplaren
Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties (1977) — Auteur — 221 exemplaren
Death & Fame: Last Poems 1993-1997 (1999) 219 exemplaren
Howl: A Graphic Novel (2010) — Auteur — 198 exemplaren
White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985 (1986) 190 exemplaren
Indian Journals (1970) — Auteur — 180 exemplaren
Illuminated Poems (1996) 148 exemplaren
The Essential Ginsberg (2015) 113 exemplaren
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg (2008) 89 exemplaren
Allen Ginsberg Photographs (1990) 51 exemplaren
Composed on the Tongue (1980) 49 exemplaren
Aullido (1976) 49 exemplaren
Empty mirror; early poems (1961) 48 exemplaren
Howl and Kaddish (1997) 40 exemplaren
Wholly Communion [1966 film] (1966) 35 exemplaren
Iron Horse (1973) 30 exemplaren
Gay Sunshine Interview (1974) — Subject — 28 exemplaren
'Beat' Poets (1961) — Medewerker — 24 exemplaren
T.V. baby poems (1967) 19 exemplaren
Wichita Vortex Sutra (1966) 18 exemplaren
Ankor Wat (1968) 17 exemplaren
Allen Ginsburg : Poems selected by Mark Ford (2008) — Auteur — 15 exemplaren
Chicago trial testimony (1975) 15 exemplaren
Poems All Over the Place (1978) 14 exemplaren
New American Review 11 (1971) 12 exemplaren
Poemas escogidos (1997) 11 exemplaren
Your Reason and Blake's System (1988) 9 exemplaren
Mantra del Re di Maggio (1976) 8 exemplaren
Cartas (Spanish Edition) (2012) 7 exemplaren
Huuto ja muita runoja 1947-1971 (2000) 7 exemplaren
Muchos amores (2000) 7 exemplaren
Gedichte (1999) 7 exemplaren
Diario beat (1997) 6 exemplaren
Journal, 1952-1962 (1984) 6 exemplaren
Beatitude Anthology (1960) 6 exemplaren
Ballad of the Skeletons (1996) 4 exemplaren
The Best Minds of My Generation (2004) 4 exemplaren
Philip Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1990) 4 exemplaren
Mind Writing Slogans (1994) 4 exemplaren
The Riverside Interviews: 1 (1980) 3 exemplaren
Wales--A Visitation. (1967) 3 exemplaren
Mostly Sitting Haiku (1978) 3 exemplaren
Poèmes (2012) 3 exemplaren
Tårgas & solrosor 3 exemplaren
Improvised poetics (1972) 3 exemplaren
Luminous Dreams (1997) 3 exemplaren
Jukebox all' idrogeno (1971) 2 exemplaren
Lettres choisies (1943-1997) (2013) 2 exemplaren
Correspondance: (1944-1969) (2014) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Allen Ginsberg and Friends. (1999) 2 exemplaren
Journaux Indiens (1984) 2 exemplaren
The Last Word On First Blues (2016) 2 exemplaren
Nyt fra jorden : udvalgte digte (1970) 2 exemplaren
Poesie da cantare 2 exemplaren
Fotografier 1947-87 (1987) 2 exemplaren
Utwory poetyckie (1984) 2 exemplaren
Many Loves (SC) 2 exemplaren
Open head (Sun poetry series) (1972) 2 exemplaren
Souvenirs de la Beat Generation (2016) 2 exemplaren
New Year Blues (1972) 2 exemplaren
Old love story 2 exemplaren
Kvílení (1990) 2 exemplaren
Scrap Leaves (SC) (1968) 2 exemplaren
Poesie 1947-1995 (2019) 1 exemplaar
Prosa (2022) 1 exemplaar
Listy 1 exemplaar
Lion for Real 1 exemplaar
La ‰caduta dell'America (1996) 1 exemplaar
Ulua 1 exemplaar
Journals 1 exemplaar
Autumn Leaves 1 exemplaar
Howl [Aullido] 1 exemplaar
Allen Ginsberg On Tour (1984) 1 exemplaar
Intrepid #6 (1966) 1 exemplaar
Kulchur (Issue Number One) (1960) 1 exemplaar
Antología 1 exemplaar
Kaddish 1 exemplaar
Május királya (1990) 1 exemplaar
Careless Love (1978) 1 exemplaar
Kvílení a jiné básně (2015) 1 exemplaar
Punk Rock Your My Big Crybaby (1977) 1 exemplaar
Guru 1 exemplaar
Old Pond Song (1979) 1 exemplaar
Vytie (1991) 1 exemplaar
Kral Majales 1 exemplaar
Visiting Father & Friends (SC) (1993) 1 exemplaar
Poems (1998) 1 exemplaar
Poem, Interview, Photographs (1994) 1 exemplaar
Antología Poética 1 exemplaar
Urlo 1 exemplaar
Bombay Gin (Issue #7) (1979) 1 exemplaar
DAS GEHEUL UND ANDERE GEDICHTE (1959) 1 exemplaar
Meditation Rock 1 exemplaar
"The Rune" 1 exemplaar
New Venture Investment (2003) 1 exemplaar
Village Voice 1 exemplaar
America 1 exemplaar
Ημερολόγια (1993) 1 exemplaar
Ginsberg Allen 1 exemplaar
Catullus: Selected Poems (1991) 1 exemplaar

Gerelateerde werken

Naakte lunch (1962) — Medewerker, sommige edities6,983 exemplaren
The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library) (1992) — Medewerker — 1,459 exemplaren
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Medewerker — 1,258 exemplaren
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Medewerker, sommige edities915 exemplaren
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Medewerker — 831 exemplaren
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) — Medewerker — 749 exemplaren
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Medewerker — 592 exemplaren
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954) — Medewerker, sommige edities443 exemplaren
Kerouac: A Biography (1973) — Fotograaf — 400 exemplaren
Contemporary American Poetry (1962) — Medewerker, sommige edities384 exemplaren
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology (1995) — Medewerker — 352 exemplaren
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Medewerker — 325 exemplaren
The New American Poetry 1945-1960 (1960) — Medewerker — 318 exemplaren
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Medewerker — 275 exemplaren
The Beat Book (1996) — Voorwoord, sommige edities257 exemplaren
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Medewerker — 236 exemplaren
Blake's Poetry and Designs [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2007) — Medewerker — 216 exemplaren
Mindfield: New and Selected Poems (1989) — Voorwoord, sommige edities; Voorwoord, sommige edities194 exemplaren
Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys (1980) — Medewerker, sommige edities182 exemplaren
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1836) — Medewerker — 179 exemplaren
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back: A Film and Book (1967) — Actor — 168 exemplaren
The Best American Poetry 1997 (1997) — Medewerker — 167 exemplaren
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Medewerker — 162 exemplaren
The Best American Poetry 1995 (1995) — Medewerker — 162 exemplaren
The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (1998) — Medewerker — 158 exemplaren
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 143 exemplaren
Emergency Kit (1996) — Medewerker, sommige edities108 exemplaren
Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists Vol. 1 (1997) — Medewerker — 108 exemplaren
Spuiten is moord (1970) — Introductie, sommige edities101 exemplaren
Desire (1976) — Liner Notes, sommige edities98 exemplaren
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Medewerker, sommige edities96 exemplaren
Science Fiction: The Future (1971) — Medewerker — 84 exemplaren
India in Mind (2005) — Medewerker — 80 exemplaren
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Medewerker — 68 exemplaren
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Medewerker — 63 exemplaren
The Male Muse: A Gay Anthology (1973) — Medewerker — 63 exemplaren
The Beats (1960) — Auteur, sommige edities62 exemplaren
Gay Sunshine Interviews. Vol. 1 (1978) — Interviewee — 60 exemplaren
The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self (1992) — Medewerker — 53 exemplaren
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Medewerker — 52 exemplaren
Jail Notes (1970) — Introductie, sommige edities50 exemplaren
The Name of Love: Classic Gay Love Poems (1995) — Medewerker — 50 exemplaren
Angels of the Lyre: A Gay Poetry Anthology (1975) — Medewerker — 38 exemplaren
Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute Volume 1 (1978) — Introductie — 33 exemplaren
Partisan Review (1998) — Medewerker, sommige edities33 exemplaren
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Medewerker — 32 exemplaren
Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age (1995) — Medewerker — 30 exemplaren
Moving Through Here (1970) — Introductie, sommige edities27 exemplaren
One World of Literature (1992) — Medewerker — 24 exemplaren
The Bedside Playboy (1963) — Medewerker — 23 exemplaren
For Neruda, For Chile: An International Anthology (1975) — Medewerker — 23 exemplaren
Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute, Vol. 2 (1979) — Introductie — 19 exemplaren
OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture (2022) — Medewerker — 19 exemplaren
Wonders: Writings and Drawings for the Child in Us All (1980) — Medewerker — 18 exemplaren
Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology (2022) — Medewerker — 14 exemplaren
City Lights Review #1 (No.1) (1987) 14 exemplaren
Poetry Magazine Vol. 207 No. 5, February 2016 (2016) — Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
Big Table 2 (1959) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
unmuzzled ox 13 — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Big Table 3 (1959) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
Caterpillar 3/4 (1971) — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Epitaphs for Lorine — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Some Writings on War Tax Resistance (1990) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren
THE SEVENTIES. Number 1. Spring 1972 (1972) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren
Pull My Daisy [1959 film] (1959) — Actor — 3 exemplaren
Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (2011, film) (2011) — Featured, sommige edities3 exemplaren
Peace or perish : a crisis anthology — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Sugar, alcohol, & meat [sound recording] (1980) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Coyote's Journal No 9. (1971) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Bad Breath / Stage Ax / Emily Likes the TV, #3 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Whole Earth Review #90 (summer 1997) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Intrepid No. 5, 1st Anniversary Issue — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
The Southern California Anthology: Volume XI (1993) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Manpareka Kehi Kavita (2001) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
The Best of American Poetry [Audio] (1997) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
San Francisco poets [sound recording] — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar

Tagged

Algemene kennis

Leden

Discussies

1914: William S. Burroughs - The Yage Letters in Literary Centennials (augustus 2014)

Besprekingen

Interesting look at drug culture in the 40s, but missing the element shared by some of his contemporaries that for me transcends the gritty subject matter and makes the work, for lack of a better word, beautiful.
 
Gemarkeerd
GDBrown | 53 andere besprekingen | Feb 15, 2024 |
In October 1955, there was a low-key event at the 6 Gallery on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, with the promise of a "remarkable collection of angels on one stage reading their poetry." Jack Kerouac went around with the collection bowl, whilst Allen Ginsberg whipped the audience into excitement by reading Part I of his work-in-progress, Howl. When Lawrence Ferlinghetti published the completed poem the following year as the fourth in his Pocket Poets series, it soon became a runaway bestseller (partly thanks to a high-profile obscenity trial) and one of the defining works of what came to be called Beat literature.

The poem itself is in three parts: Part I is a grand, Whitmanesque celebration of the lives of his poetic heroes and of his own struggle against the modern world, with copious amounts of (gay) sex, drugs, bumming around and political subversion thrown in; the incantation of Part II confronts the destructive forces of the child-eating Moloch directly, and in Part III he addresses the dedicatee of the poem, Carl Solomon, whom he met while they were both patients in the same psychiatric institution. Then there's a "Footnote to Howl", which is another incantation, a kind of Beat Sanctus.

As in Whitman, the first thing that hits you about the poem is its tremendous momentum and kinetic energy, but there's a lot more to it than just the pounding impact of the long lines: every line is dense with paradoxical, unexpected but never quite nonsensical language (negro streets, starry dynamos, unshaven rooms, pubic beards, ...), and there's a clear thread of insight into the hostile world under all that counter-culture posturing. It's tempting to think of it as nothing more than drug-induced ramblings from long ago, but that's not at all what's going on here: this is a serious attempt to push beyond the usual limits of poetry and make it relevant to people who are confronting the dehumanising effects of fifties society, and it still clearly has things to say to us today.

The Pocket Poets collection includes five more, shorter, incantatory poems in the same kind of Whitman long-line format, plus four rather more conventionally lyrical "earlier poems". Probably the most striking is "Sunflower Sutra", where he and Kerouac sit in the shade of a locomotive on a dockside and contemplate a dead sunflower.
… (meer)
 
Gemarkeerd
thorold | 66 andere besprekingen | Oct 14, 2023 |
Uittreksels uit zijn leven in beatpoetry.
Snippers van klachten en wanhoop en nieuwmythische verzinsels.
 
Gemarkeerd
Ekster_Alven | 2 andere besprekingen | Sep 25, 2023 |
Ginsberg's life an his activism may be as interesting or more than his poetry.
 
Gemarkeerd
mykl-s | 66 andere besprekingen | Aug 12, 2023 |

Lijsten

Prijzen

Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk

Gerelateerde auteurs

Bill Morgan Editor, Preface
Erik Drooker Illustrator
Gregory Corso Contributor
Gary Snyder Contributor
Jack Kerouac Contributor
Carl Solomon Contributor
Eliot Katz Editor
Ron Loewinsohn Contributor
John Wieners Contributor
Paul Carroll Contributor
Jonathan Williams Contributor
Michael McClure Contributor
Edward Dorn Contributor
Amiri Baraka Contributor
Philip Whalen Contributor
Roger Mayne Cover designer
Rachel Zucker Foreword
Udo Breger Contributor
Sylvère Lotringer Contributor
Michael Emerton Contributor
Fred Aldrich Contributor
James Grauerholz Contributor
Melvin Betsellie Contributor
Wes Pittman Contributor
Bill Lyon Contributor
Philip Glass Composer
Brion Gysin Cover artist
Oliver Harris Editor, Introduction
Francesc Roca Translator
Riekus Waskowsky Translator
Neil Stuart Cover designer
山形 浩生 Translator
Michael Bowen Cover artist
Carl Weissner Translator
Jesse Sorrentino Cover artist
Robert Crumb Cover artist
Olav Angell Translator
Nicolas Richard Translator
Josée Kamoun Sélection de la correspondance pour l'édition française
Mark Ford Editor
Bernd Samland Translator

Statistieken

Werken
278
Ook door
96
Leden
19,955
Populariteit
#1,085
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
222
ISBNs
426
Talen
26
Favoriet
103

Tabellen & Grafieken