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Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
Learn about the life and work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher, and activist who played a key role in the San Francisco literary renaissance and the Beat movement. Explore his collections, awards, influences, and legacy.
Feb 23, 2021 · Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher and political iconoclast who inspired and nurtured generations of San Francisco artists and writers from City Lights, his famed bookstore, died on...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, one of the founders of the Beat movement in San Francisco in the mid-1950s. His City Lights bookshop was an early gathering place of the Beats, and the publishing arm of City Lights was the first to print the Beats’ books of poetry.
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Feb 24, 2021 · Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the Beat poet, publisher and founder of San Francisco’s beloved City Lights bookstore, has died aged 101. He passed away from lung disease on Monday evening, confirmed the...
Feb 23, 2021 · Ferlinghetti is probably best known for three things: his Beat poetry, his San Francisco bookstore and small press, and his defense of the First Amendment in...
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Feb 24, 2021 · Ferlinghetti was a key figure of the beat movement and a cultural ambassador for progressive literature and politics. He published Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs, and defended the right to freedom of expression in the Howl trial.
