Whalen, Philip.

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Philip Whalen was a Beat poet and a Buddhist Monk.

From the description of Philip Whalen papers, [194-]-2001. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 57586331

Poet; associated with Gary Snyder, Lew Welch, San Francisco beat writers, and Charles Olson; ordained a Buddhist monk in the 1970s; b. 1923.

From the description of Philip Whalen Collection, 1958-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418352

Philip Glenn Whalen was born in 1923 in Portland, Oregon and grew up in The Dalles, Oregon. He served in the United States Army Air Force, then attended Reed College with Gary Snyder and Lew Welch, graduating in 1951. He moved to San Francisco and joined Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and others in the San Francisco Renaissance group of poets. His work was published regularly thereafter. Whalen lived primarily in Japan between 1958 and 1971. He returned to California and became a Zen Buddhist monk in 1973, and later an abbot. He wrote more than 20 books, including three novels. He died in 2002.

From the description of Philip Whalen papers, 1950-2002. 1950-2002. (CORVALLIS BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY). WorldCat record id: 55154845

Philip Whalen (1923-2002) graduated from Reed College in 1951 on the GI Bill after serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II. It was at Reed that Whalen met and became friends with poets Gary Snyder and Lew Welch. Several years later, Whalen was one of the poets who read with Snyder and others at the historic Six Gallery reading in San Francisco on October 13, 1955. Allen Ginsberg first performed his poem, Howl, at the Six Gallery reading. After spending several years in Japan, Whalen was ordained a Buddhist monk in 1973 and spent two decades in Zen Centers in San Francisco and New Mexico. Whalen wrote nearly two dozen books including "Memoirs of an Interglacial Age," "Like I Say," "On Bear's Head," "The Kindness of Strangers: Poems, 1964-1974," "Canoeing Up Carbarga Creek: Buddhist Poems, 1955-1986," and "Overtime: Selected Poems." He passed away on June 26, 2002.

From the description of Philip Whalen correspondence, 1978-1987. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 314797110

Poet, novelist.

Philip Whalen (b. 1923) was a contributor to various magazines.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122421884

Poet; associated with Gary Snyder, Lew Welch, San Francisco beat writers, and Charles Olson; ordained a Buddhist monk in the 1970s; b. 1923.

From the description of Papers, 1958-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118833

American poet.

From the description of Correspondence : with Tram Combs, 1964 June 21-July 8. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32415987

Philip Whalen, born in Portland, Or. on Oct. 20, 1923, was part of the Beat generation of poets who lived in San Francisco. Before this he had served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and received his B.A. in 1951 from Reed College. Whalen spent much time in Japan and in 1973 became a Buddhist Monk living first in a Monastery in San Francisco and later in Santa Fe, N.M. Philip Whalen died June 26, 2002 in San Francisco, Calif.

From the description of Philip Whalen letters : to Velna Whalen : ALS, 1943-2000 (bulk 1958-1992). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 54510769

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creatorOf Sherick, Michael J. Table-Talk Press Collection, 1984-1989. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Papers, 1940-1979. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Oral history interview : Philip Whalen, Reed College, class of 1951 / interviewed by John Sheehy, 1982, on September 22, 1998. Reed College Library
referencedIn Dorfman, Elsa. Elsa Dorfman papers, 1960-1969. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Correspondence : with Tram Combs, 1964 June 21-July 8. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. End of the Bardo bash, 12/10/96 [videorecording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf [Publisher's archive of the broadside Goddess by Philip Whalen, published by Auerhahn Press, 1964]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Sound recordings from the Philip Whalen papers [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Lavigne, Robert. Robert Lavigne papers, 1954-1969. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Loewinsohn, Ron. Ron Loewinsohn papers, 1953-1976. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen correspondence, 1978-1987. University of California, Davis, Shields Library
referencedIn Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Hackman, Neil. Papers, 1973-1975. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Anne Waldman Papers (1945-2012, bulk 1965-2000) University of Michigan
creatorOf Parkinson, Thomas Francis, 1920-. Papers, 1935-1985. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts, [ca.1953-1960]. State Library of Ohio
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts from Measure, [ca. 1953-ca. 1960]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Papers, 1958-1977. EO Smith High School
referencedIn Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Film and video archive, 1938-2001. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Deemer, Bill. Bill Deemer correspondence, 1965-1995. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Sherrod, Tony,. Mithrander : typescript and carbon typescript, ca. 1963. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Felver, Christopher, 1946-. The group surrounding Allen Ginsberg : photographs, 1980-1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen letters : Santa Fe, N.M. to Donald Meeriam Allen, San Francisco, Calif., 1984-1987. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kaufman, Alan. Viva Ferlinghetti scrapbook : San Francisco, Calif., 1994. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Desert Rose Press. Desert Rose Press files on Philip Whalen's "Some of these days" : San Jose, N.M., 1998-1999. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen papers, 1950-2002. Reed College Library
creatorOf Mark Green papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Rodefer, Stephen. Stephen Rodefer papers, 1955-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Aldan, Daisy. Papers, 1946-1966. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen papers, [194-]-2001. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen sound recordings [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. Denise Levertov miscellany, 1964-1973. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ball, Gordon. Allen Ginsberg and Friends : photocopies of photographs, 1971-1997. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen letters : to Velna Whalen : ALS, 1943-2000 (bulk 1958-1992). UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010. Papers, 1954-1971. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Brown, William D., 1918-. William D. Brown letters, 1946-1968. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977 bulk 1935-1969. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Wodening, Jane, 1936-. Jane Wodening and Stan Brakhage scrapbooks, 1958-1967. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Rosenthal, Irving, 1930-. Irving Rosenthal papers, ca. 1950-1996. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Whalen, Philip. Philip Whalen Collection, 1958-1977. University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library
creatorOf Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Jack Kerouac collection of papers, 1943-1969. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Palmer, Doug. Doug Palmer papers, 1952-1974. UC Berkeley Libraries
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Japan
California
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
United States
San Francisco (Calif.)
New Mexico
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American literature
Authors, American
American poetry
Poets, American
Poets, American
Poets, American
Beat generation
Beat generation
Buddhism
Buddhist monasteries
Buddhist monks
Military training camps
Zen Buddhism
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Authors, American
Poets, American
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