<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muPortland, Oregon, Whalen akakurira muThe Dalles kubva pazera ramakore mana kusvikira adzokera kuPortland muna 1941. Akashanda muUnited States Army Air Forces muHondo Yenyika II. Akapinda Reed College paG.I. Bill. Ikoko, akasangana naGary Snyder naLew Welch, uye akapedza kudzidza aine BA muna 1951. Akarava pakuverenga kwakakurumbira kweSix Gallery  <response>: muna 1955 iyo yakaratidza kuvhurwa kweWest Coast Beats kuruzhinji. Anoratidzika, muchimiro chisina kunyatsogadzirwa, somunhu Warren Coughlin muJack Kerouacs The Dharma Bums, iyo inosanganisira nhoroondo yokuverenga ikoko. MuBig Sur anonzi Ben Fagan. Nhetembo dzaWhalen dzakaratidzwa mubhuku raDonald Allen rinonzi The New American Poetry 1945-1960. 