Back San Francisco Renaissance German Sanfranciska Renesanco Esperanto Renacimiento de San Francisco Spanish San Franciscon renessanssi Finnish Renaissance de San Francisco French San Francisco Renaissance Italian Renascentia Franciscopolis Latin San Francisco Renaissance Dutch Renascença de São Francisco Portuguese San Francisco Renaissance SIMPLE
| 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.[1] 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.
- ^ Michael Davidson. The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century. Cambridge University Press.