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Ginsberg is Born
Allen Ginsberg is born to parents Louis and Naomi Ginsberg in Newark, New Jersey. -
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His Mothers Emittion
During his junior year in highschool, his mother insist that he takes her to see a therapist at a rest home in Lakewood, New Jersey where she would later be emitted for 15 years before passing away. -
Ginsberg Graduates from highschool
Ginsberg graduates from East Side Highschool, recalling his favorite memory being when his ELA teacher read aloud from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself", claiming he coudl still remember the image of "her black-dressed bulk seated squat behind an English class desk, her embroidered collar, her voice powerful and high" (quoted in Schumacher, p. 17). -
The friends meet
During his freshman year, Ginsberg met Lucian Carr, who introduced him to who would later created the Beat Generation. This group of historical included Jack Kerouc and William S. Burroughs and later expanded to including Heroin addict Herbert Hunke, John Clellen Holmes, and Neal Cassady, who later became Ginsbergs lover. -
A New Devotion
During his senior year at Columbia University, Ginsberg devoted his life to poetry after hearing William Blake recite the poem "Ah Sunflower" in a vision. Disatisfied with his poetry at the time he started expirementing with drugs to create an "exalted state of mind" as put in his own words. He believed that this helps his creative thoughts flow. -
Arrested and Emitted
At the end of his senior year, Ginsberg was arrested for storing goods stolen by Hunke and his friends. In substitution for jail time, Ginsberg's proffessors, Vandoren and Trilling, discussed with the Columbian Dean to put Ginsberg in a mental health institution, where he spent months and became goods freinds with a young writer by the name of Carl Solomon. -
"I'm going to Mexico"
In 1953 Ginsberg left New York and departed for Mexco. There he met his "lover" Peter Orlovsky. -
'Inspiration'
In August 1955, inspired by his trip to Mexico, Ginsberg wrote the poem "Howl for Carl Solomon" in a way saying that he was admiting his homoseualality and giving up on tryign to be 'straight'. -
The Six Gallery Reading
In October 1955 Ginsberg read aloud from his poem howl for the first time at the six gallery reading, recieving a great number of applause and a chance to be published. -
"Obscene and indecent they claimed!"
In May 1956, "Howl and Other Poems" was published and was then seized. Upon seizing the book they arrested Ferlinghetti and Shigeyoshi Murao, and charged them for the publishment of an obscene and indecent book. -
His Mother's death
After spending 15 years at varying mental institutions recieving electroshock therapy and lobotomy, Naomi Ginsberg passed away do to her metal illness. -
"ACLU to the rescue"
In October 1957, the American Civil Liberties Union defended Ginsberg in a very publicized obsenity battle. -
Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg
In 1958, still troubled by his mothers death two years ago Ginsberg found inspiration to write his most famous poem, "Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg". -
"Naked Lunch"
In 1959, living off of Ginsberg's publishment money and Orlovsky's dissability checks, they moved to Tangier to stay with Burrough's and help him put together his novel, "Naked Lunch" published later that year. -
The Transformation
In 1962 Ginsberg and Orlovsky ambarked on his most important trip. They traveled to South America, Europe, Morocco, and India. While in India he met eith natives to learn a form of meditation to substitute for drugs. After the trip, on the train ride home he wrote the poem,"The Change, describing how he found that meditation is a better form of inspiration than drugs. -
"Turn on the TV"
In 1969, Ginsberg got wide television coverage after revolting to police at Chiccago's Grant Park, Arguing that americans not get involved in the Korean War. -
The Ginsberg Poster
In the 1970's the signature image of Allen Ginsberg was placed on posters for the Korean War making him even more famous than before. -
"Goodbye Ginsberg"
In 1997 Ginsberg dies of Liver Cancer at his home in Eastwood Village, New York.
