.jpg) At the Grolier Bookshop in Harvard Square in the 1960s, with Gordon Cairnie, the owner at the time. Image by Elsa Dorfman, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Lawrence FerlinghettiLawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti American poet (1919–2021) Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (né Ferling;[2] March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.[3] 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.[4] When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day".[5] Quick facts Born, Died ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ferlinghetti in 1965 Born Lawrence Monsanto Ferling (1919-03-24)March 24, 1919 Yonkers, New York, U.S. Died February… (Source: Wikipedia)
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