A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has written poetry, translation, fiction, theater, art criticism, film narration and essays.
He is also a lifelong painter and publisher, and the co-founder and owner of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers in San Francisco, California..
He is the author of A Coney Island of the Mind , America\'s most popular book of poetry and, most recently, Time of Useful Consciousness .
Often concerned with politics and social issues, Ferlinghetti\'s poetry countered the literary elite\'s definition of art and the artist\'s role in the world.
A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has written poetry, translation, fiction, theater, art criticism, film narration and essays
