Six Gallery poets

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The Six Gallery poets were a group of Beat and avant-garde writers whose landmark 1955 reading at San Francisco’s Six Gallery helped ignite the San Francisco Renaissance and transform postwar American poetry.

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instanceOf Beat Generation group ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
poetry collective ⓘ
activityPlace North Beach, San Francisco ⓘ
artisticStyle avant-garde ⓘ
experimental poetry ⓘ
associatedWith Six Gallery ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContext post–World War II United States ⓘ
dateOfActivity 1955 ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasCentralFigure Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Kenneth Rexroth ⓘ
hasMember Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Gary Snyder ⓘ
Kenneth Rexroth ⓘ
Michael McClure ⓘ
Philip Lamantia ⓘ
Philip Whalen ⓘ
historicalSignificance bridge between West Coast and East Coast Beat scenes ⓘ
catalyst for wider recognition of Beat poetry ⓘ
influenced American poetry ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
influencedBy Romanticism ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Zen

jazz ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
knownFor helping ignite the San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
landmark 1955 poetry reading at Six Gallery ⓘ
transforming postwar American poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod postwar American poetry ⓘ
location San Francisco ⓘ
movement Beat Generation ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
notableEvent Six Gallery reading ⓘ
notableWorkPresented Howl ⓘ
relatedEvent San Francisco Renaissance poetry readings ⓘ
theme personal liberation ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
spiritual quest ⓘ
urban experience ⓘ

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San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Six Gallery poets ⓘ