Lawrence Ferlinghetti

(*1919)

Americký básník, malíř, aktivista a spoluzakladatel City Lights Booksellers & Publishers v San Franciscu. Vystudoval žurnalistiku na univerzitě v Jižní Karolině a poezii na pařížské Sorbonně. Jeho dílo je řazeno do literatury beat generation. V roce 1998 navštívil Prahu.

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American poet, painter, activist and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco. He studied journalism at the University of South Carolina and poetry at the Sorbonne in Paris. His work is included in the beat generation literature. In 1998 he visited Prague.