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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

1919 - 2021

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Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. 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. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is the 2,297th most popular writer (down from 2,105th in 2019), the 3,315th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,643rd in 2019) and the 262nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 2,297 out of 7,302. Before him are Sigismund von Herberstein, Paul Du Chaillu, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Gurju Khatun, Camilla Collett, and Constantine Manasses. After him are Nennius, Jaan Kaplinski, Olga Rozanova, Sholem Schwarzbard, Mak Dizdar, and Stefania Wilczyńska.

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Among people born in 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 109. Before him are Edoardo Mangiarotti, Pierre Gamarra, Ahmed Abdallah, Ferdinand Kübler, J. Presper Eckert, and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda. After him are Hermann Gmeiner, Ginette Neveu, Merce Cunningham, Silva Kaputikyan, John Ljunggren, and Teruo Nakamura. Among people deceased in 2021, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 173. Before him are Dusty Hill, Vladimir Menshov, Etel Adnan, Borisav Jović, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, and Bob Dole. After him are Jaan Kaplinski, Nelson Freire, Cicely Tyson, Ahmed Jibril, Jovan Divjak, and Vladimir Shatalov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 3,315 out of 20,380. Before him are Channing Tatum (1980), Ted Levine (1957), Esther Lederberg (1922), Kathryn Adams (1893), Carmen Argenziano (1943), and William Stanley Jr. (1858). After him are Steven Weber (1961), James Scott (1885), Patricia Arquette (1968), Jensen Ackles (1978), Winston Groom (1943), and Brian Weiss (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 262. Before him are Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Anne Applebaum (1964), Katherine Jackson (1930), Harlan Ellison (1934), and Suzanne Collins (1962). After him are Winston Groom (1943), Alfred Bester (1913), Kathy Reichs (1948), Richard Brautigan (1935), Lydia Davis (1947), and August Derleth (1909).

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