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Arts & Literature
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
- Publication Status
- Published
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