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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poet
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Born 1919
Birthday March 24
Profession Poet
Nationality American

Notable Achievement

Beat Generation poet

Biography

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".

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born on March 24

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