Allen Ginsb erg The visionary poet and founding father of the Beat generation inspired the American counterculture of the second half of the 20th century with groundbreaking poems such as Howl and Kaddish.

Among the avant-garde he was considered a spiritual and sexually liberated ambassador for tolerance and enlightenment. With an energetic and loving personality, Ginsberg used poetry for both personal expression and in his fight for a more interesting and open society. Howlis a poem by Allen Ginsberg that was first performed in 1955 in the Six Gallery in San Francisco.

This event celebrates Allen Ginsberg’s work with a screening of ‘Allen Ginsberg Live in London’ his last UK public poetry reading where he read poetry, chanted and sang, and a performance of the poem ‘Howl’ by leading local actor, Paddy Scully.

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Also available from Belfast Welcome Centre 028 9024 6609