Biography
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 β February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day".
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Filmography
all 19
Movies 19
self 14
Voice 1
himself
The Beat Bomb (2022)
Movie
Self
Edit Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco (2011)
Movie
Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
Movie
Self
Obscene (2008)
Movie
Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (2008)
Movie
Minister
The War Prayer (2005)
Movie
Voiceover
The Joy of Life (2005)
Movie
The Last Tears from Planet Earth (2003)
Movie
Self
Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat (2001)
Movie
Self
The Source (1999)
Movie
Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
Movie
Self - Poet
Merton: A Film Biography (1984)
Movie
Self
The Last Waltz (1978)
Movie
Actor
Bukowski (1973)
Movie
Self
Woodstock (1970)
Movie
Self
Be-In (1967)
Movie
Self
Wholly Communion (1965)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses? (1958)
Movie
Self
It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
Movie
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Known ForActing
Birthday1919-03-24
Deathday2021-02-22 (101 years old)
Birth NameLawrence Monsanto Ferling
Birth PlaceYonkers, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesSan Francisco, United States of America, Paris, France
AwardsJanus Pannonius International Poetry Prize, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, James Madison Freedom of Information Award, Eagle Scout, Robert Frost Medal, Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
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