Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Beat generation writer bookseller essayist human novelist painter playwright poet publisher translator

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an influential American poet, painter, and co-founder of San Francisco’s City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, known for championing Beat literature and free expression.

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Ferlinghetti	1
Kenneth Rexroth	1
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti	1
San Francisco Poet Laureate	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beat generation writer ⓘ bookseller ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ painter ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ publisher ⓘ translator ⓘ
advocatedFor	anti-war activism ⓘ civil liberties ⓘ
ageAtDeath	101 ⓘ
awardReceived	National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ surface form: National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters ⓘ surface form: National Book Foundation Literarian Award PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath	interstitial lung disease ⓘ
coFounderOf	City Lights Bookstore ⓘ surface form: City Lights Booksellers & Publishers City Lights Bookstore ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1919-03-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2021-02-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ Sorbonne University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
employer	City Lights Bookstore ⓘ surface form: City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
ethnicOrigin	Italian-American ⓘ
familyName	Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ferlinghetti
foundedInCollaborationWith	Peter D. Martin ⓘ
fullName	Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
genre	Beat literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ political poetry ⓘ
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasSignatureWork	A Coney Island of the Mind ⓘ
influenced	American counterculture ⓘ Beat Generation ⓘ surface form: Beat poets
knownFor	championing Beat literature ⓘ defending freedom of expression ⓘ publishing Allen Ginsberg's Howl ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
movement	Beat Generation ⓘ San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
notableWork	A Coney Island of the Mind ⓘ A Far Rockaway of the Heart ⓘ Her ⓘ Love in the Days of Rage ⓘ Pictures of the Gone World ⓘ Starting from San Francisco ⓘ
numberOfCopiesSoldOfAConyIslandOfTheMind	over 1,000,000 ⓘ
occupation	bookseller ⓘ painter ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Yonkers, New York ⓘ surface form: Yonkers, New York, United States
placeOfDeath	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
politicalAlignment	left-wing ⓘ
positionHeld	Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: San Francisco Poet Laureate
positionHeldEndTime	2000 ⓘ
positionHeldStartTime	1998 ⓘ
religion	agnosticism ⓘ
residence	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
style	accessible, populist poetry ⓘ

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Gregory Corso → associatedWith → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

Howl → editor → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

Lawrence Ferlinghetti → familyName → Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ferlinghetti

City Lights Bookstore → foundedBy → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

Lawrence Ferlinghetti → fullName → Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → hasNotableAlumni → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

Beat Generation → hasNotableMember → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

City Lights Bookstore → hasOwner → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kenneth Rexroth

San Francisco Renaissance → hasParticipant → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

City Lights Bookstore → notableAuthorPublished → Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ

Lawrence Ferlinghetti → positionHeld → Lawrence Ferlinghetti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: San Francisco Poet Laureate