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

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

'''Allen Ginsberg''', American poet, famous more for his obscene writing and political views than any literary merit.<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''', American poet, famous more for his obscene writing and political views than any literary merit.<ref>https://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 is most famous for his long poem, "Howl," which drew national attention in 1956 when it was prosecuted on obscenity charges.

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

He died on April 5, 1997 of liver cancer, a disease often associated with HIV infection.

He died on April 5, 1997 of liver cancer, a disease often associated with HIV infection.

He studied at [[Columbia University]] in the 1940s and moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1954.<ref>http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956, and in May of that year, US Customs seized a shipment of the books as they were being sent from the printer (Villiers in London) to City Lights Books in San Francisco.  After federal authorities declined Customs Chief Chester McPhee's urging to pursue obscenity charges, the matter was referred to the [[San Francisco Police Department]], who arrested publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, charging him with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. The charge was rejected in October 1957 after a widely publicized trial when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref>

He studied at [[Columbia University]] in the 1940s and moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1954.<ref>http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956, and in May of that year, US Customs seized a shipment of the books as they were being sent from the printer (Villiers in London) to City Lights Books in San Francisco.  After federal authorities declined Customs Chief Chester McPhee's urging to pursue obscenity charges, the matter was referred to the [[San Francisco Police Department]], who arrested publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, charging him with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. The charge was rejected in October 1957 after a widely publicized trial when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref>

During the trial, Ginsberg was living in [[Paris]] with his on-off partner Peter Orlovsky. They were associated for forty years, until Ginsberg's death.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> But like most such relationships, it was not exclusive. Both had many other partners, Orlovsky being bisexual while Ginsberg pursued boys <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/03orlovsky.html/</ref>

During the trial, Ginsberg was living in [[Paris]] with his on-off partner Peter Orlovsky. They were associated for forty years, until Ginsberg's death.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> But like most such relationships, it was not exclusive. Both had many other partners, Orlovsky being bisexual while Ginsberg pursued boys <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/03orlovsky.html/</ref>

==Mental Condition and History of Drug Abuse==

==Mental Condition and History of Drug Abuse==