List of Famous people with last name Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Monsanto Ferling

First Name Lawrence

Last Name Ferlinghetti

Born on March 24, 1919

Died on February 22, 2021 (aged 101)

Born in United States of America, New York

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. He was the author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration. Ferlinghetti was best known for his first collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages, with sales of more than one million copies. Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, leading the city of San Francisco to proclaim his birthday, March 24, "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day".

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