It was a face which darkness could kill in an instant - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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It was a face which darkness could kill
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About Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (né Ferling; March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021) was an American poet and painter, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (New York: New Directions, 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies.

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Birth Name: Lawrence Monsanto Ferling
Alternative Names: Feilingedi Lawrence Ferling L. Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti Lawence Monsanto Ferling
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