DER US-AMERIKANISCHE DICHTER, MALER UND VERLEGER LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI IST GESTORBEN

23.02.2021 Der am 24. März 1919 in Yonkers (New York) geborene US-amerikanische Schriftsteller, Dichter, Buchhändler, Verleger, Aktivist und Kunstmaler Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Bild) ist am 22. Februar 2021 gestorben. 1956 verlegte er Allen Ginsbergs Gedichtband "Howl". Auch seine eigenen Gedichte sind Beispiele der von ihm geförderten Beatlyrik, die eine antikapitalistische Veränderung der amerikanischen Gesellschaft und den Aufbau einer Gegenkultur zum Ziel hat. In den 1960er-Jahren beteiligte sich Ferlinghetti an zwei Zeitschriften, die sich mit der Beat-Literatur beschäftigten, "Beatitude" und "Journal For The Protection Of All Beings". Ausserdem gab er das "City Lights Journal" heraus.* Lawrence Ferlinghetti wird oft in einem Atemzug mit andern legendären Autoren der Beat Generation genannt wie dem erwähnten Allen Ginsberg sowie Jack Kerouac und William S. Burroughs.

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and titan of the Beat era, dies at 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was the opposite of the flamboyant literary bad boys drawn to the bohemian haven he nurtured in 1950s San Francisco. Unlike Beat novelist Jack Kerouac and poet Allen Ginsberg, he was known for neither public drunkenness nor public nudity. Tall and lean, he swam daily and biked to work at City Lights, the San Francisco bookshop that became a landmark of intellectual freedom not long after he co-founded it seven decades ago.

Elaine Woo

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-02-23/lawrence-ferlinghetti-city-lights-dead

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights, dead at 101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, painter and pivotal figure to the Beats and about every other counterculture literary movement in San Francisco, has died at 101.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lawrence-Ferlinghetti-poet-and-founder-of-City-15972997.php

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 101

An unapologetic proponent of “poetry as insurgent art,” he was also a publisher and the owner of the celebrated San Francisco bookstore City Lights.

Jesse McKinley

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obituaries/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead.html

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Helped Launch the Beat Movement, Dies at 101

Ferlinghetti was the main subject of the 2009 documentary “Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder,” which was produced and directed by Christopher Felver. The film explored Ferlinghetti’s impact on numerous prolific poets and the entire Beat movement. He famously stated, “Don’t call me a Beat, I never was a Beat poet” in the doc. Read Variety‘s review here.

Antonio Ferme

https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead-beat-poet-1234913491/

The Beat poet and founder of City Lights bookstore and imprint inspired artists from Bob Dylan to Cyndi Lauper

Kory Grow

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-dead-obituary-1132247/

Few poets of the past 60 years were so well known, or so influential. His books sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, a fantasy for virtually any of his peers, and he ran one of the world’s most famous and distinctive bookstores, City Lights. Although he never considered himself one of the Beats, he was a patron and soul mate and, for many, a lasting symbol — preaching a nobler and more ecstatic American dream.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/23/lawrence-ferlinghetti-poet-activist-dies-471233

He self-identified as a philosophical anarchist, hosting many sit-ins and protests against war at City Lights. He regarded poetry as a powerful social force and not one reserved for the intellectual elite, saying, “We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/23/lawrence-ferlinghetti-poet-founder-city-lights-bookshop-dies-aged-101

Lawrence Ferlinghetti obituary

Poet whose outlook spanned anarchism, ecology and small business, as founder of the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco

James Campbell

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/23/lawrence-ferlinghetti-obituary

Mort de Lawrence Ferlinghetti, dernière figure de la Beat Generation

Editeur et libraire, ce proche de Ginsberg, Kerouac et Burroughs, avait fondé en 1953 City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, à San Francisco. Il est mort à la veille de ses 102 ans.

Mathieu Lindon

https://www.liberation.fr/culture/livres/mort-de-lawrence-ferlinghetti-derniere-figure-de-la-beat-generation-20210223_B6EP5ECIVZDHLIQMPUJTQHJRTY/

Addio a Lawrence Ferlinghetti, anima della beat generation

Il mitico poeta e fondatore della libreria City Lights di San Francisco è morto a 101 anni

Antonello Guerrera

https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2021/02/23/news/addio_al_poeta_lawrence_ferlinghetti_l_anima_della_beat_generation-288929830/

Poet, Verleger und Beat-Generation-Legende Lawrence Ferlinghetti ist tot

Ferlinghetti gilt als eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten in der US-amerikanischen Nachkriegsliteratur.

Markus Brandstetter

https://www.rollingstone.de/lawrence-ferlinghetti-tot-beat-generation-howl-2245003/

And the Beat goes on

Mit dem Tod des Dichters, Verlegers und Betreibers der legendären Buchhandlung „City Lights“ in San Francisco wird die Ära der Beatniks historisch.

Jan Küveler

https://www.welt.de/kultur/article226974309/Lawrence-Ferlinghetti-And-the-Beat-goes-on.html

Neben Ginsberg, Kerouac und Burroughs war Lawrence Ferlinghetti einer der Pioniere der zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Dichtung. Unerbittlich pochte er auf die politische Verantwortlichkeit der Kunst.

Bruno von Lutz

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/der-amerikanische-beat-poet-lawrence-ferlinghetti-ist-gestorben-ld.1313234

Audio / Videos:

Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Stephen Banker, ca. 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Tx0hrryCI

Lawrence Ferlinghetti - The world is a beautiful place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbuk9c-F8U&feature=emb_logo

Lunch Poems: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prJdq9BjAvQ&feature=emb_logo

The Last Word: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2021/02/24/video-2/last-word-lawrence-ferlinghetti/

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