Lawrence Ferlengetty American poet, artist Date of Birth: 24.03.1919 Country: USA

1. Biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

American poet, artist, publisher, and representative of the Beat Generation, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York. After his mother fell ill during his childhood, he lived in France with his aunt, who later moved back to the United States. Ferlinghetti served in World War II and later studied at the University of North Carolina and Columbia University, where he earned a master's degree in English literature in 1947. He continued his studies at the Sorbonne, receiving a doctorate in poetry.

In 1951, Ferlinghetti moved to San Francisco after getting married and began teaching French language. In 1953, he started the publication of the journal "City Lights," named after Charlie Chaplin's film "City Lights." Around the same time, he opened a bookstore with the same name. From 1955, he started publishing poetry collections.

In October 1956, the fourth issue of the "Pocket Poets" series featured Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl." The publication was seized by the police, and Ferlinghetti and his bookstore employee were arrested. They faced criminal charges of obscenity, but Ferlinghetti won the case in court. The transcript of the trial was published in 1961 under the title "Howl of the Censor."

In 1969, Allen Ginsberg remarked that Ferlinghetti deserved "some kind of Nobel Prize in publishing" as his work had enriched contemporary culture. Ferlinghetti authored more than 30 poetry collections. He also wrote the experimental novel "Her" in 1960, experimental plays, memoirs, and translated works from French, such as Jacques Prevert's "Words" in 1959. Additionally, he created artworks and actively participated in various social movements.

Bibliography

- "Pictures of the Gone World" (1955) - Poetry
- "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958) - Poetry
- "Her" (1960) - Prose
- "Unfair Arguments with Existence" (short plays) (1963)
- "Routines" (short plays) (1964)
- "Starting from San Francisco" (1967) - Poetry
- "Tyrannus Nix?" (1969) - Prose
- "The Secret Meaning of Things" (1970) - Poetry
- "The Mexican Night" (Travel Journal) (1970)
- "Back Roads to Far Places" (1971) - Poetry
- "Open Eye, Open Heart" (1973) - Poetry
- "Who Are We Now?" (1976) - Poetry
- "Landscapes of Living and Dying" (1980)
- "Over All the Obscene Boundaries" (1986)
- "Love in the Days of Rage" (1988) - Novel
- "A Buddha in the Woodpile" (1993)
- "These Are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955—1993" - Poetry
- "A Far Rockaway Of The Heart" (1998)
- "Love in the Days of Rage" (2001)
- "Americus: Part I" (2004)
- "Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes" (1968)