Allen’s father, Louis, provided stability in the home as a teacher and poet, yet was against just about everything Ginsberg would be in favor of (anti-Castro, anti-Communism, pro-Israel, pro-Vietnam). Allen’s mother, Naomi, was from Russia and was a radical Marxist, yet suffered severely from paranoia and was institutionalized several times during Allen’s childhood. All you have to do is be candid.''Īllen Ginsberg was born on Jin Newark, New Jersey, into a house full of dynamic ideas and literature. Notable Quote: “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.” And ''You don't have to be right.Awards and Honors: National Book Award (1974), Robert Frost Medal (1986), American Book Award (1990), Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1993), Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Poet (1994).Published Works: Howl and Other Poems (1956), Kaddish and Other Poems (1961), The Fall of America: Poems of These States (1973), Mind Breaths (1978), Collected Poems (1985), White Shroud Poems (1986).Education: Montclair State College, Columbia University.
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