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Gregory Corso

1930–2001Greenwich Village, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included

Beat poet

Biography

Beat poet; Bomb; Marriage; Gasoline; youngest of the Beat Generation poets; born to an Italian immigrant father. Core member of the Beat Generation; buried next to Shelley in Rome

Notable For

  • Beat poet
  • Bomb
  • Marriage
  • Gasoline

Honors & Recognition

  • Core member of the Beat Generation
  • buried next to Shelley in Rome
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Quick Facts

Field
Arts & Literature
Specialty
Literature/Poetry
Years
1930–2001
Birth Place
Greenwich Village, NY
Origin
Italian American descendant
Regional Ancestry
Italian
Ancestry Verification
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