The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1957-1963 / Miles, Barry ; Ginsberg A ; Burroughs WS ; Corso G ; Orlovsky P ; Kerouac J ; Gysin B ; Chopin H ; Heidsieck B ; Lebel JJ ; Norse H., 2000
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Scope and Contents
The Beat Hotel on 9 rue Git-le-Coeur in Paris, was the residence of the Beat writers during the years 1957 to 1963. It was here that Ginsberg wrote Kaddish, Gysin discovered the cut-up method and Dream Machine, Burroughs completed and published Naked Lunch, and Corso wrote the Bomb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2000
Creator
- Miles, Barry, 1943- (Person)
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (Person)
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (294 pages) in dust jacket) ; 23.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: New York : Grove Press. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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