Beat Generation

Summary

Beat Generation is a literary movement^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of literary_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month, #1 of 107).^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable work attributed to Beat Generation is Beat generation literature^[3].
• A notable work attributed to Beat Generation is Howl^[4].
• Beat Generation was influenced by Fyodor Dostoyevsky^[5].
• Beat Generation's image is recorded as Ginsberg-leary-lilly.jpg^[6].
• Beat Generation's instance of is recorded as literary movement^[7].
• Beat Generation's founder is recorded as Jack Kerouac^[8].
• Beat Generation's founder is recorded as William S. Burroughs^[9].
• Beat Generation's founder is recorded as Allen Ginsberg^[10].
• Beat Generation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88007452^[11].
• Beat Generation's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11936777f^[12].
• Beat Generation's Commons category is recorded as Beat Generation^[13].
• Beat Generation's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 14432^[14].
• Beat Generation's has part is recorded as Joyce Johnson^[15].
• Beat Generation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014nhw^[16].
• Beat Generation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beat Generation^[17].
• Beat Generation's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300387623^[18].
• Beat Generation's PSH ID is recorded as 9698^[19].
• Beat Generation's described by source is recorded as St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture^[20].
• Beat Generation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/Beat-movement^[21].
• Beat Generation's BBC Things ID is recorded as f4b72d21-c42f-4988-b3f9-0101190c3383^[22].
• Beat Generation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as beat-generation^[23].
• Beat Generation's NE.se ID is recorded as beat-generation^[24].
• Beat Generation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Beat-Generation^[25].
• Beat Generation's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19668350^[26].
• Beat Generation's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as literatuur-internationaal/beat-generation^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Notable works include Beat generation literature^[3] and Howl^[4], a literary work^[28], founded in 1955^[29], written by Allen Ginsberg^[30].

Why It Matters

Beat Generation ranks in the top 0.93% of literary_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,725 views/month, #1 of 107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]