Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over one million copies.

Read more about Lawrence Ferlinghetti:  Early Life, World War II, Columbia University & The Sorbonne, San Francisco — City Lights Books, The Howl Trial, The Beats, Poetry, Political Engagement, Painting, Jack Kerouac Alley, Awards, In Pop Culture, Bibliography

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