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(1919–2021), US poet and publisher; born Lawrence Ferling; full name Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti. Identified with San Francisco's beat movement, he founded the publishing house City Lights, which produced works such as Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1957). Notable works: A Coney Island of the Mind (1958) and Her (1960).
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