Beat Generation

literary movement

neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

bookstore in Paris founded by George Whitman in 1951

thumb|Beat, Beat, Beat (1959) by William F. Brown (writer)|William F. Brown

thumb|An anonymous example of a makeshift Dreamachine The Dreamachine (a contraction of Dream Machine), invented in 1959 by Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville, is a stroboscopic flickering light art device that produces eidetic visual stimuli.

American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub

bookstore and publisher in San Francisco

neighborhood of San Francisco

Stilyagi (, , "stylish, style hunters") were members of a Soviet youth counterculture movement from the late 1940s until the early 1960s. A stilyaga () was primarily distinguished by snappy clothing—preferably foreign-label clothing acquired from fartsovshchiks (black market sellers)—that contrasted with the communist realities of the time, and a fascination with zagranitsa, modern Western music and fashions corresponding to those of the Beat Generation. English writings on Soviet culture variously translated the term as "dandies", "fashionistas", "beatniks", "hipsters", or "zoot suiters".

American photographer and writer (1935-2011)

hotel in Paris, France

Brazilian writer and poet

Poetry event