Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poet, playwright, painter, and co-owner of City Lights Books

Paris on the Government's Dime
December 3, 2007
- I went into the Navy as Lawrence Ferling. Took part in D-Day and after the war I attended the Sorbonne on the G.I. Bill. ... Lots of guys did it. Spent four years in Paris, painting and translating poetry. And landed in San Francisco in 1950 with a sea bag over my shoulder. I liked the city; it had this insular feeling, like Naples. People there are Neapolitans first and Italians second. I came ...
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