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[[Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti]] ((fûr´lng-gt´)), born [[Lawrence Ferling]], is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He was an American author, poet, playwright, novelist and publisher, born in Yonkers, N.Y (1919). He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 he moved to [[San Francisco]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the [[City Lights Bookshop]] (1952), which became a center for writers of the beat generation. He has written volumes of colloquial verse such as "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958), "Starting from San Francisco" (1967), and "Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974), as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel "Her" (1960). He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. He published "Howl" and was therefore involved in censorship court battles.
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 He was born in 1919 as Lawrence Ferling in Yonkers, N.Y. He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 Ferlinghetti moved to [[San Francisco]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the City Lights Bookshop (1952), which became a center for writers of the Beat Generation.
-Ferlinghetti wrote volumes of colloquial verse such as ''"A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958)'', ''"Starting from San Francisco" (1967)'', and ''"Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974)'', as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel ''"Her" (1960)''. He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat Poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. Ferlinghetti published Ginsberg's famous poem ''"Howl"'' and was therefore involved in censorship court battle.
+Ferlinghetti wrote volumes of colloquial verse such as ''"A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958)'', ''"Starting from San Francisco" (1967)'', and ''"Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974)'', as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel ''"Her" (1960)''. He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat Poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was considered an important west coast bohemian. Ferlinghetti published Ginsberg's famous poem ''"Howl"'' and was therefore involved in censorship court battle.
 Ferlinghetti was a socially conscious artist and encouraged the hippie counterculture movement in their ''peace & love'' idealism. In 1968 he and several people signed the ''Writers and Editors War Tax Protest'' pledge, in which they refused to pay taxes so that their money wouldn't be used to sponsor the war effort in Vietnam.
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 Ferlinghetti can be seen reciting the poem ''Loud Prayer'' during the concert film ''The Last Waltz'' (1978), directed by Martin Scorsese.
 He received numerous awards during his long and versatile career, including the title Commandeur in the French Order of Arts and Letters (2007). Ferlinghetti passed away in 2021 at age 101.
 ==Frank Zappa and Lawrence Ferlinghetti==

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−	[[Lawrence ~~Monsanto~~ Ferlinghetti~~]] ((fûr´lng-gt´)), born [[~~Lawrence Ferling]], is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He was an American author, poet, playwright, novelist and publisher, born in Yonkers, N.~~Y (1919). He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 he moved to [[San Francisco~~]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the [[City Lights Bookshop]] (1952), which became a center for writers of the beat generation. He has written volumes of colloquial verse such as "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958), "Starting from San Francisco" (1967), and "Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974), as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel "Her" (1960). He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. He published "Howl" and was therefore involved in censorship court battles.	+	[[File:Lawrence Ferlinghetti.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Lawrence Ferlinghetti.]]

		+	'''Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti''' ((fûr´lng-gt´)) (March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021) was a U.S. poet, painter, playwright, critic and activist.
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		+	==Biography==
		+
		+	He was born in 1919 as Lawrence Ferling in Yonkers, N.Y. He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 Ferlinghetti moved to [[San Francisco]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the City Lights Bookshop (1952), which became a center for writers of the Beat Generation.
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		+	Ferlinghetti wrote volumes of colloquial verse such as ''"A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958)'', ''"Starting from San Francisco" (1967)'', and ''"Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974)'', as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel ''"Her" (1960)''. He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat Poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. Ferlinghetti published Ginsberg's famous poem ''"Howl"'' and was therefore involved in censorship court battle.
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		+	Ferlinghetti was a socially conscious artist and encouraged the hippie counterculture movement in their ''peace & love'' idealism. In 1968 he and several people signed the ''Writers and Editors War Tax Protest'' pledge, in which they refused to pay taxes so that their money wouldn't be used to sponsor the war effort in Vietnam.
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		+	Ferlinghetti can be seen reciting the poem ''Loud Prayer'' during the concert film ''The Last Waltz'' (1978), directed by Martin Scorsese.
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		+	He received numerous awards during his long and versatile career, including the title Commandeur in the French Order of Arts and Letters (2007). Ferlinghetti passed away in 2021 at age 101.
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		+	==Frank Zappa and Lawrence Ferlinghetti==
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		+	Frank Zappa named Ferlinghetti one of his many influences in the sleeve of his debut album ''"[[Freak Out!]]" (1966)'', under the heading: ''"These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them"''.
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		+	==External links==
		+	* [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Ferlinghetti]]
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		+	[[Category:Writers\|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
		+	[[Category:Poets\|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
		+	[[Category:Activists\|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
		+	[[Category:Painters\|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
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 [[Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti]] ((fûr´lng-gt´)), born [[Lawrence Ferling]],  is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He was an American author, poet, playwright, novelist and publisher, born in Yonkers, N.Y (1919). He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 he moved to [[San Francisco]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the [[City Lights Bookshop]] (1952), which became a center for writers of the beat generation. He has written volumes of colloquial verse such as "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958), "Starting from San Francisco" (1967), and "Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974), as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel "Her" (1960). He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. He published "Howl" and was therefore involved in censorship court battles.
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 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
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 [[Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti]] ((fûr´lng-gt´)), born [[Lawrence Ferling]],  is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He was an American author, poet, playwright, novelist and publisher, born in Yonkers, N.Y (1919). He attended the University of North Carolina (B.A. 1941), Columbia University (M.A. 1948), and the Sorbonne (1948-51). In 1951 he moved to [[San Francisco]], taught French (1951-53) and helped found the [[City Lights Bookshop]] (1952), which became a center for writers of the beat generation. He has written volumes of colloquial verse such as "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958), "Starting from San Francisco" (1967), and "Open Eye, Open Heart" (1974), as well as essays, broadsides, and the surrealist novel "Her" (1960). He encouraged and published many Beat writers (he was even regarded as a founder of the Beat poetry movement), notably Allen Ginsberg. He was concidered an important west coast bohemian. He published "Howl" and was therefore involved in censorship court battles.
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-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]
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+[[Category:Writers|Ferlinghetti, Lawrence]]