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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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American artist, writer and activist (1919-2021)

United StatesArtistsLived 1919 to 2021 · aged 101
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Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.

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2012Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize
2003Robert Frost Medal
2000James Madison Freedom of Information Award
1999Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

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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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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1919 to 2021 · aged 101
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30 languages

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