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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Ferlinghetti in 1965
Born
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
March 24, 1919
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Died
February 22, 2021 (aged 101)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
Alma mater
Literary movement
Beat poetry
Years active
1940s–2021
Spouse
Selden Kirby-Smith
(m. 1951–1976)
[1]
Children
2[1]
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.[2] An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies.[3] When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day"
