Ferlinghetti's bookstore helped launch the career of which poet?
T.S. Eliot
Allen Ginsberg
Robert Frost
Sylvia Plath
Answer
Allen Ginsberg, a prominent figure in the Beat Generation, gained recognition through Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights bookstore. Ferlinghetti's publication of Ginsberg's groundbreaking poem "Howl" in 1956 marked a pivotal moment, igniting a literary revolution and propelling Ginsberg to prominence as a leading voice of the counterculture movement.
Exploring the Beat Generation: The Life and Works of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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