Allen Ginsberg

Full Name: Allen Ginsberg
Nationality: American
Profession: Beat Poet
Why Famous: Epic poem "Howl"
Born: 3rd June, 1926
Star Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: 5th April, 1997 (aged 70)
Cause of Death: Liver Cancer

Historical Events in the Life of Allen Ginsberg

1955-03-25 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" as obscene.
1955-04-03 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1955-10-07 - Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
1957-10-03 - Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
1959-06-02 - Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid", SF
1967-12-05 - Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war

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