Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A San Francisco Icon, Dies at 101

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, writer, publisher and founder of City Lights Books, died on Monday at the age of 101. "I really believe that art is capable of the total transformation of the world, and of life itself,” Ferlinghetti once said, and his multifaceted career bore that out. As a poet, Ferlinghetti offered what one critic called, a “plain-spoken, often wry critique of American culture.” As a publisher, Ferlinghetti nurtured the Beat movement, publishing writers like Allen Ginsberg, whose poem “Howl,” defined a generation. And as the founder of City Lights Books, he created a haven for the literary minded. His North Beach bookstore remains a well-loved and revered San Francisco institution. We’ll talk about Ferlinghetti’s life and legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.6	From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer. He was a champion of beat writers in the 1950s, a poet, publisher, and owner of the celebrated
1:19.6	City Lights bookstore on Columbus Avenue in San Francisco. Lawrence Ferlingetti died Monday
1:25.6	at the age of 101. We'll have an appreciation of his life and work and the role he played in the literary and cultural life of his adopted city.
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