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Herbert Edwin Huncke (/ ˈ h ʌ ŋ k i / HUNK-ee; January 9, 1915 – August 8, 1996) was an American writer and poet, and an active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America.
Aug 9, 1996 · Herbert Huncke, the charismatic street hustler, petty thief and perennial drug addict who enthralled and inspired a galaxy of acclaimed writers and gave the Beat Generation its name, died...
Herbert Huncke was a poet-thief and a muse to the Beat Generation writers, such as Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs. He introduced them to the "beat" world of New York and became a subject of Kinsey's research.
Aug 8, 2016 · A tribute to Herbert Huncke, the "Beat Godfather", who died 20 years ago. Watch a video of Huncke reading his poems in the Chelsea Hotel in 1994 and read Laki Vazakas's remembrance of his friend.
Sep 4, 2013 · Herbert Huncke was a gay hustler, drug addict, and writer who influenced the Beat movement in the 1940s. He taught the Beats about hipster culture, introduced them to drugs, and appeared in their works.
Feb 15, 2012 · The Herbert Huncke Reader includes the full texts of Huncke's long-out-of-print classics Huncke's Journal and The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, excerpts from his autobiography, Guilty of Everything, and a wide selection from his unpublished letters and diaries
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Aug 24, 1994 · A superb collection of Huncke’s best writings, ‘The Herbert Huncke Reader,’ was published by William Morrow in September 1997, and filmmaker Laki Vazakas’s cinema verite documentary ‘ Huncke and Louis ‘ records for history the paradoxical life of a celebrated literary drug addict in old age.
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