Lawrence Ferlinghetti ✓
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021) was a United States writer.
About Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day".
A Coney Island of the mind, poems
Robert Frost Medal|Eagle Scout|James Madison Freedom of Information Award|Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres|Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize|Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community|Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
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