Peter Orlovsky (born July 8, 1933) is an American poet best known for being the lover of Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term beat generation was introduced by Jack Kerouac in approximately 1948 to describe his social circle to the novelist John Clellon Holmes (who published an early novel about the beat generation, titled Go, in 1952, along with a manifesto of sorts in the New York Times Magazine: This is... Allen Ginsberg in San Francisco. ...

A high school drop out, he served as a stateside medic in the US Army during the Korean War. He met Ginsberg through the painter Robert LaVinge in San Francisco in December 1954. Orlovsky served as Ginsberg's secretary, traveled the world with him, and was his lover in an open relationship for four decades. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Orlovsky's publications include the poetry collection Clean Asshole Poems & Smiling Vegetable Songs, number 37 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. The City Lights Bookstore, in the North Beach section of San Francisco, is an independent bookstore specializing in poetry. ...