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Lawrence Ferlinghetti a 1950's revolutionary poet.

Date Submitted: 12/23/2002 20:10:36
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 2 pages (515 words)
Lawrence Ferlenghetti He was born March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York. Lawrence Ferlinghetti received a BA from the University of North Carolina (1941), an MA from Columbia University (1948), and the Doctorate from the University Sorbonne in Paris (1950). He himself became a part of the metropolitan tradition when he moved from Paris to San Francisco, where he discovered the Beat Generation (Lit Kicks). Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin started a magazine there called 'City Lights,' named after the …
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…famous the one book to sell the most copies is "Coney Island of the Mind" which is a literary masterpiece (Lit Kicks). In 1958, A Coney Island of the Mind brought recognition and immense sales, providing a fluid landscape for Ferlinghetti major themes: "anarchy, mass corruption, engagement, and a belief in the surrealism and wonder of life". A Far Rockaway of the Heart (1997) and Loud Prayer (Torst, 1998) are his most recent collections of poems (Beat Page).
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