Howl
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2026
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-241-79405-0 (ISBN)
Description
Drawn from fifty years of experimental, ground-breaking verse, this selection, in Ginberg's words 'summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing'. It includes the major poems 'Howl' and 'Kaddish', but also important early work, songs, uncollected poems and notes from the author that go beyond his iconic Beat Generation image. Intensely personal and incandescently brilliant, Howl and Other Poems is a core Ginsberg text, and celebrates 'Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!'
Reviews / Votes
No one has made his poetry speak for the whole man, without inhibition of any kind, more than Ginsberg * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-79405-0 (9780241794050)
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Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet, best known for his iconic Howl, one of the most widely read and translated poems of the century. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and won the National Book Award for The Fall of America.