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| - | '''Lawrence Ferlinghetti''' (born '''Lawrence Ferling''' on [[March 24]], [[1919]]) is an [[American poet]], [[Painting|painter]], [[Liberalism|Liberal]], and the co-founder of [[City Lights Bookstore|City Lights Booksellers & Publishers]]. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for ''[[A Coney Island of the Mind]]'' (New York: [[New Directions Publishers|New Directions]], 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1 million copies. | ||
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| - | Although in style and theme Ferlinghetti’s own writing is very unlike that of the original New York based [[Beat Generation|Beat circle]], he had important associations with the Beat writers, who made [[City Lights Bookstore]] their headquarters when they were in San Francisco. He has often claimed that he was not a Beat, but a [[bohemian]] of an earlier generation. A married war veteran and a bookstore proprietor, he didn’t share the high (or low) life of the beats on the road. [[Kerouac]] wrote Ferlinghetti into the character “Lorenzo Monsanto” in his autobiographical novel ''[[Big Sur (novel)|Big Sur]]'' (1962), the story of Jack’s stay (with the Cassadys, the McClures, [[Lenore Kandel]], [[Lew Welch]], and [[Philip Whalen]]) at Ferlinghetti’s cabin in the wild coastal region of [[Big Sur]]. [[Kerouac]] depicts the Ferlinghetti figure as a generous and good-humored host, in the midst of [[Dionysus|Dionysian]] revels and breakdowns. | ||
| - | Over the years Ferlinghetti published work by many of the Beats, including [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Gregory Corso]], [[William S. Burroughs]], [[Diane DiPrima|Diane diPrima]], [[Michael McClure]], [[Philip Lamantia]], [[Bob Kaufman]], and [[Gary Snyder]]. He was [[Ginsberg]]’s publisher for over thirty years. | + | '''Big Sur''' is a sparsely populated region of the central [[California]] coast where the [[Santa Lucia Range|Santa Lucia Mountains]] rise abruptly from the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The terrain offers stunning views, making Big Sur a popular [[tourism|tourist]] destination. |
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| - | When the Indian poets of the [[Hungryalists]] literary movement came in contact with the visiting Beat poets, Ferlinghetti introduced the Hungryalist poets to Western readers through the initial issues of City Lights Journal. | + | |
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| - | == See == | + | |
| - | *[[City Lights Pocket Poets Series]] | + | |
| - | *[[City Lights Journal]] | + | |
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Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The terrain offers stunning views, making Big Sur a popular tourist destination.
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