Allen Ginsberg
03-Jun-1926
United States
Poet
Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually became one of the founding fathers of the Beat Generation and his critically acclaimed poem "Howl." Ginsberg was a prolific writer and activist for gay rights and anti-war activism, defending the Vietnam war and coining the phrase "The Power of History." Even with his literary background, he was recognized as one of America's foremost writers and artists. He died on April 5, 1997, at the age of 70.