Elise Nada Cowen (1933 - February 1, 1962, Washington Heights, Manhattan) was an American poet, part of the Beat generation. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nagle Avenue Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... The term Beat Generation refers primarily to a group of American writers of the 1950s. ...

Born to a wealthy Jewish family in Long Island, New York, Cowen wrote poetry from a young age, enjoying the works of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Dylan Thomas. Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. ...

While attending Barnard College in the early 1950s she became friends with Joyce Johnson (at that time Joyce Glassman). It was also during this period that she was first introduced to Allen Ginsberg by philosophy professor Alex Greer. The two discovered a mutual acquaintance in Carl Solomon, whom they had both met while spending time separately in a mental hospital. A romantic involvement followed in the spring and summer of 1953, however it was during this time that Ginsberg began to embrace his homosexuality, and the relationship gradually dissolved. Despite this, Cowen remained emotionally attached to Ginsberg for the rest of her life. Barnard College, Columbia University, founded in 1889, is an independent college of liberal arts and sciences as well as a womens college, located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in New York, United States. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... Writer Joyce Johnson (1935-) was Jack Kerouacs lover in the years 1957-1958, the time during which On the Road was published and Kerouac catapulted to instant fame. ... Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Newark, New Jersey. ... Carl Solomon was a friend of Allen Ginsberg, who met him in a mental institution. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In February 1956 she and her lover Sheila moved into an apartment with Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky. At the time Cowen had a job as a typist. Upon being fired she moved to San Francisco, in order to experience its growing Beat scene. While in San Francisco Cowen became pregnant and, unable to obtain an abortion, underwent a hysterectomy. She returned to New York, then made another trip to California, later returning permanently to Manhattan. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Orlovsky (born July 8, 1933) is an American poet best known for being the lover of Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

A life-long depressive, Cowen began to be afflicted by increasingly severe psychological breakdowns, eventually being admitted to Bellevue Hospital in order to obtain treatment for hepatitis and psychosis. She checked herself out against doctors' orders and returned to her parents' apartment on Bennett Avenue, where she committed suicide, jumping through the closed living room window and falling seven stories to the ground. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

After her death her parents destroyed the bulk of her writings, however a number of poems from a box in the possession of her friend Leo Skir have been published. Cowen features prominently in Minor Characters by Joyce Johnson. Writer Joyce Johnson (1935-) was Jack Kerouacs lover in the years 1957-1958, the time during which On the Road was published and Kerouac catapulted to instant fame. ...