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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Poet
publisher
bookseller
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gptkbp:activeYears
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1940s–2021
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gptkbp:artist
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social commentary
surrealism
free verse
political poetry
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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Beat Generation
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Kenneth_Patchen_Award
National Book Award
Poet_Laureate_of_San_Francisco
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1919-03-24
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Yonkers,_New_York,_USA
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gptkbp:children
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Sharon Ferlinghetti
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2021-02-22
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkb:Columbia_University
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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“The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don’t mind happiness not always being the case.”
“The poet is a man who is not afraid to be a fool.”
“I am waiting for my case to come up.”
“I think of poetry as a kind of a dream.”
“Poetry is the only freedom.”
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:City_Lights_Bookstore
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gptkbp:genre
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poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Walt_Whitman
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:San_Francisco_Renaissance
counterculture movement
Beatnik culture
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:A_Coney_Island_of_the_Mind
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gptkbp:occupation
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poet
artist
activist
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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San_Francisco,_California,_USA
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Selden_Kirby-Smith
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gptkbp:website
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citylights.com
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