<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muPortland, Oregon, Whalen akakurira muThe Dalles kubvira 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. Akaverenga pabhuku rakakurumbira rinonzi  <response>: Kuverenga kweSix Gallery muna 1955 kwakaratidza 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. 