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Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Birthday: 1926-06-03 | Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Ginsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Why Is We Americans?

as    Self

2020
Symphony Of The Invisible

as    Himself (voice)

2017
Don't Blink: Robert Frank

as    Self (archive footage)

2017
Uncle Howard

as    Self (archive footage)

2017
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

as    Self (archive footage)

2009
2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

as    Self (archive footage)

2005
2001
New York in the Fifties

as    Himself

1994
ChickenHawk

as    Himself

1994
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

as    Himself (archive footage)

1990
Silence = Death

as    Himself

1986
Autumn Ritual

as    Himself

1984
Before Stonewall

as    Himself

1980
La marche gaie

as    Himself

1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

as    Himself

1968
Yippie

as    Himself

1967