Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021
Other form(s) of name
- Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Monsanto
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1919-2021
History
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was editor and publisher of City Lights Books in San Francisco that was one of the most prominent publications of the beat movement in San Francisco. He wrote poetry and plays as well as running a bookstore, City Lights, the same name as the publishing house. Merton and Ferlinghetti met in person in San Francisco on May 16, 1968. (Source: «The Courage for Truth», p. 267.)