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[[Image:UploaddammitGinsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg]]

'''Allen Ginsberg''', one of America's best known poets<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html</ref>, was born June 3, 1926, in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers.

'''Allen Ginsberg''', one of America's best known poets,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html</ref> was born June 3, 1926, in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers.

He's most famous for his long poem, "Howl," which drew national attention in 1956 when it was challenged on obscenity charges.

He's most famous for his long poem, "Howl," which drew national attention in 1956 when it was challenged on obscenity charges.

He died of liver cancer on April 5, 1997.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> Ginsberg was supporter of homosexual rights, and was an anti-war, anti-nuclear and environmental activist, and is known for his controversial behavior.  He was widely criticised, even by friends and supporters, when he joined the notorious [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]], or [[NAMBLA]].<ref>http://www.ijn.com/archive/2002%20arch/062102.htm#story8</ref>  In "Thoughts on NAMBLA," Ginsberg claims his reasons for joining the organisation: "NAMBLA's a forum for reform of those laws on youthful sexuality which members deem oppressive, (it is) a discussion society not a sex club.  I joined NAMBLA in defense of free speech."<ref>Bill Morgan, ed., ''Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1952-1995.'' New York: HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0-06-093081-0 (p.170)</ref>

He died of liver cancer on April 5, 1997.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> Ginsberg was supporter of homosexual rights, and was an anti-war, anti-nuclear and environmental activist, and is known for his controversial behavior.  He was widely criticised, even by friends and supporters, when he joined the notorious [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]], or [[NAMBLA]].<ref>http://www.ijn.com/archive/2002%20arch/062102.htm#story8</ref>  In "Thoughts on NAMBLA," Ginsberg claims his reasons for joining the organisation: "NAMBLA's a forum for reform of those laws on youthful sexuality which members deem oppressive, (it is) a discussion society not a sex club.  I joined NAMBLA in defense of free speech."<ref>Bill Morgan, ed., ''Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1952-1995.'' New York: HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0-06-093081-0 (p.170)</ref>