Ferlinghetti

American  

[fur-ling-get-ee] / ˌfɜr lɪŋˈgɛt i /

noun

1. Lawrence, 1919–2021, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.

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Ferlinghetti British  

/ fɜːlɪŋˈɡɛtɪ /

noun

1. Lawrence . born 1919, US poet of the Beat Generation. His poetry includes the collections Pictures of the Gone World (1955) and When I Look at Pictures (1990)

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Example Sentences

It reminds me most of a Ferlinghetti line from a poem: “We have despair to spare.”

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

Oka told Ferlinghetti and company about Yamazaki’s situation: the protester from Southern California had been in jail for roughly 100 days, but if he secured a job, his six-month sentence would be cut short.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

But it received a caustic review in The San Francisco Chronicle by Lawrence Ferling — better known afterward by his family’s original name, Ferlinghetti, which he resumed in the mid-1950s.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

U.S. poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died last month at age 101, was among the bookseller’s favorite authors along with Czech writers Josef Skvorecky and Bohumil Hrabal.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2021

“The person Gary and I looked up to most was Lawrence Ferlinghetti. When we opened this bookshop, we fancied ourselves like Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin when they started City Lights.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman