Poet laureate of the beatnik era who wrote the controversial Howl in 1956.
In his teenage years, he would write letters about political issues, WWII, and worker's rights to The New York Times.
His book Howl was at one point banned from the United States, because of the subject matter.
Began a relationship with Peter Orlovsky in 1954.
T.S. Eliot is his idol.
