Allen Ginsberg is probably one of the best known contemporary poets in recent history. He was born in 1926 in Newark, NJ and recieved his B.A. from Columbia University in 1948.
Like many other artists, Ginsberg held a variety of odd jobs before becoming an established writer. His employment history includes work on various cargo ships, a spot welder, a dishwasher and he also worked as a night porter in Denver. He has partcipated in numerous poetry readings, including the famous Six Gallery event that occured in San Francisco.
In 1954, San Francisco painter Robert LaVigne introduced his model and companion, Peter Orlovsky长春市公积金查询 to Ginsberg. Soon after this first meeting, Orlovsky描写树的成语 and Ginsberg became lovers and moved in together, defining their relationship as a marriage. Despite periods of paration, this arrangement remained intact until Ginsberg's death in April 1997.
Ginsberg was the recipient of numerous honors and awards during his lifetime including: the Woodbury Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, the National Book Award for Poetry, NEA grants and a Lifetime Ahievement Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.
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