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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Michael Horovitz

Melvin Rickarby

Great Lives: Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg

Michael Horowitz on Alan Ginsberg

Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg

Michael Horovitz nominates fellow poet Allen Ginsberg as his Great Life.

Michael Horovitz chooses the poet and founder of the 'Beat Generation', Allen Ginsberg. With Matthew Parris. From 2013.

Matthew Parris is joined by Michael Horovitz who nominates fellow poet and founder of the 'Beat Generation', Allen Ginsberg, as his Great Life. Ginsberg's friend and biographer Barry Miles provides biographical detail of this colourful and controversial writer, who through his battle for free expression inspired American counter culture.

Producer: Melvin Rickarby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

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