Lawrence Ferlinghetti

thumb|Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 2007 Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (né Ferling; March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021) was an American poet and painter, and the co-founder of 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, 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies. Quotes thumb|quote imbedded at Jack Kerouac Alley The pennycandystore beyond the Elis where I firstfell in lovewith unreality A Coney Island of the Mind It was a face which darkness could killin an instant Pictures of the Gone World Poetry is the shadow cast by our imaginations. These Are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993 (New Directions) ISBN: 0-0112-1273-4 0-0112-1252-1 I was the all-American boy, the Eagle Scout. I remember I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and there were these strange publications like The Nation and The New Republic. I started looking at them and thought, "Gee, this is weird; people saying things against America?" It was an awakening. On the East Coast, I'd never even heard of conscientious objectors. San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 2012 See also Nancy Peters Gary Snyder External links Ferlinghetti's Bookstore in San Francisco, City Lights Category:Academics from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Painters from the United States Category:Activists from the United States Category:Anti-war activists Category:Environmentalists from the United States Category:Centenarians Category:1919 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Essayists from the United States Category:Publishers from the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:People from New York (state) Category:Beat Generation writers