Lawrence Ferlenghetti He was born March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York. Lawrence Ferlinghetti received a BA from the University of North Carolina (1941), an MA from Columbia University (1948), and the Doctorate from the University Sorbonne in Paris (1950). He himself became a part of the metropolitan tradition when he moved from Paris to San Francisco, where he discovered the Beat Generation (Lit Kicks). Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin started a magazine there called 'City Lights,' named after the …showed first 75 words of 515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 515 total…famous the one book to sell the most copies is "Coney Island of the Mind" which is a literary masterpiece (Lit Kicks). In 1958, A Coney Island of the Mind brought recognition and immense sales, providing a fluid landscape for Ferlinghetti major themes: "anarchy, mass corruption, engagement, and a belief in the surrealism and wonder of life". A Far Rockaway of the Heart (1997) and Loud Prayer (Torst, 1998) are his most recent collections of poems (Beat Page).