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Lawrence Ferlinghetti letters : to Max Gartenberg, 1959-1960.
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Title:

Lawrence Ferlinghetti letters: to Max Gartenberg, 1959-1960

Creator/Contributor:

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, creator, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Gartenberg, Max, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

City Lights Books

Abstract:

Two typescript letters and one handwritten postcard on City Lights Books stationery, signed by Ferlinghetti, concerning reprint permission rates for the use of his original poetry and the arrangements he has with another publisher, New Directions, and payments for Allen Ginsberg poetry.

Date:

1959 (issued)

Subject:

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Poets, American -- California -- 20th century
Authors, American -- California -- 20th century
Authors and publishers -- California
Beats (Persons) -- Poetry
Beats (Persons)
Poètes américains -- Californie -- 20e siècle
Écrivains américains -- Californie -- 20e siècle
Écrivains et éditeurs -- Californie
Beatniks -- Poésie
Beatniks
Beat generation
Authors, American
Authors and publishers
Beats (Persons)
Poets, American
California
City Lights Books.
New Directions Publishing.
City Lights Books.
New Directions Publishing.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence -- Correspondence
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Note:

Purchase; From Serendipity Books; 20100923.
American poet, editor and publisher. Born Lawrence Ferling, March [24?], 1919. Owner of City Lights Books, San Francisco. Representative figure of the Beat movement.
Preferred citation: Lawrence Ferlinghetti letters : to Max Gartenberg, 1959-1960, BANC MSS 2010/74, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Poetry.
Personal correspondence.
Postcards.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder.

Language:

English

Origin:

California