Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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| - | '''Lawrence Ferlinghetti''' (born '''Lawrence Ferling''' on [[March 24]], [[1919]]) is an [[American poet]]. He is also the co-owner of the [[City Lights Bookstore]] and publishing house; the store and [[publishing company]] that published early literary works of the [[Beat generation]], and helped to launch the careers of [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]]. | + | '''Lawrence Ferlinghetti''' (born '''Lawrence Ferling''' on [[March 24]], [[1919]]) is an [[American poet]], [[Painting|painter]], [[Liberalism|Liberal]], and the co-founder of [[City Lights Bookstore|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]]'' (New York: [[New Directions Publishers|New Directions]], 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1 million copies. |
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| *[[City Lights Pocket Poets Series]] | *[[City Lights Pocket Poets Series]] | ||
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, Liberal, 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 (New York: New Directions, 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1 million copies.
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