San Francisco Renaissance
| Part of the Beat generation and Hippie movement | |
Allen Ginsberg and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in San Francisco (1967) | |
| Date | 1950s - 1960s (debated) |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, United States |
| Participants | Beat writers |
The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s. However, others (e.g., Alan Watts, Ralph J. Gleason) felt this renaissance was a broader phenomenon and should be seen as also encompassing the visual and performing arts, philosophy, cross-cultural interests (particularly those that involved Asian cultures), and new social sensibilities.