Six Gallery reading

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Beat Generation event literary event poetry reading

The Six Gallery reading was a landmark 1955 poetry event in San Francisco where key Beat Generation writers, including Allen Ginsberg premiering "Howl," helped ignite the San Francisco Renaissance.

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Six Gallery reading canonical 5

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instanceOf Beat Generation event ⓘ
literary event ⓘ
poetry reading ⓘ
associatedMovement Beat Generation ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
audienceReaction enthusiastic ⓘ
chronologicalContext post–World War II American literature ⓘ
city San Francisco ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact helped bring national attention to the Beat Generation ⓘ
helped ignite the San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
date 1955-10-07 ⓘ
documentedBy Jack Kerouac ⓘ
documentedInWork Dharma Bums ⓘ
surface form: The Dharma Bums

Various Beat memoirs and histories ⓘ
emcee Kenneth Rexroth ⓘ
featuredPoet Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Gary Snyder ⓘ
Michael McClure ⓘ
Philip Lamantia ⓘ
Philip Whalen ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered a landmark event in American poetry ⓘ
marked the first public reading of Allen Ginsberg's Howl ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy often cited as the public birth of the Beat movement ⓘ
location Six Gallery ⓘ
mediaTypeDocumentedIn memoir ⓘ
notableWorkPremiered Howl ⓘ
organizer Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Kenneth Rexroth ⓘ
Wally Hedrick ⓘ
region West Coast of the United States ⓘ
relatedMovement counterculture ⓘ
relatedPerson Jack Kerouac ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
venueAddressCity San Francisco ⓘ
venueNeighborhood North Beach ⓘ
venueType art gallery ⓘ
year 1955 ⓘ

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San Francisco Renaissance → hasEvent → Six Gallery reading ⓘ
Six Gallery, San Francisco → hostedEvent → Six Gallery reading ⓘ
Six Gallery poets → notableEvent → Six Gallery reading ⓘ
Beat literature → hasNotableEvent → Six Gallery reading ⓘ
Philip Whalen → participantIn → Six Gallery reading ⓘ