Alter | 107 Jahre |
Geburtsdatum | Montag, 24. März 1919 |
Geburtsort | Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Lawrence Ferlinghetti war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Dichter der Beat Generation. |
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.
Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.
We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
