Poet, City Lights bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101
He published Allen Ginsbergâs âHowl,â for which he was arrested on obscenity charges, and was a central figure in the literary life of San Francisco.
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Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites a poem after he was awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the National Book Awards in New York, on Nov. 16, 2005. Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher and bookseller, has died in San Francisco at age 101. His son says Ferlinghetti died at home on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. [ HENNY RAY ABRAMS | AP ]
By Elaine Woo
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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