Peter Orlovsky

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Beat Generation writer human poet

Peter Orlovsky was an American poet and longtime partner of Allen Ginsberg, closely associated with the Beat Generation literary movement.

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Lafcadio Orlovsky 1
Peter Anton Orlovsky 1

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instanceOf Beat Generation writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
appearsIn Pull My Daisy (1959 film) ⓘ
associatedWith Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Beat Generation ⓘ
Gregory Corso ⓘ
Jack Kerouac ⓘ
William S. Burroughs ⓘ
burialPlace Shambhala Mountain Center, Colorado (ashes scattered/kept in Buddhist context) ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coAuthorWith Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
surface form: Korean War (non-combat service)
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-07-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-05-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Columbia University (informal association via Ginsberg and Beat circle)
ethnicOrigin Russian-American ⓘ
familyName Orlovsky ⓘ
fullName Peter Orlovsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peter Anton Orlovsky
genre poetry ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
influencedBy Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics faculty ⓘ
movement Beat Generation ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Clean Asshole Poems & Smiling Vegetable Songs ⓘ
Dear Allen, Love Mary ⓘ
Straight Hearts’ Delight ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
parent Katherine Orlovsky ⓘ
Julius Orlovsky ⓘ
surface form: Orest Orlovsky
partner Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Williston, Vermont ⓘ
religion Buddhism (via Beat and Ginsberg association) ⓘ
residence Boulder, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
servedIn United States Army ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
sibling Julius Orlovsky ⓘ
Peter Orlovsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lafcadio Orlovsky

Marie Orlovsky ⓘ
taughtAt Naropa University ⓘ
surface form: Naropa Institute

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Peter Orlovsky → fullName → Peter Orlovsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Anton Orlovsky
Beat Generation → hasNotableMember → Peter Orlovsky ⓘ
Allen Ginsberg → partner → Peter Orlovsky ⓘ
Peter Orlovsky → sibling → Peter Orlovsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lafcadio Orlovsky