当地时间2月22日，美国著名诗人、出版人、画家和政治活动家劳伦斯·费林盖蒂（Lawrence Ferlinghetti）在旧金山家中去世，享年101岁。他是著名的旧金山“城市之光书店“的创始人之一，也是旧金山标志性人物。
▲ Lawrence Ferlinghetti in Berlin.
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One of San Francisco's last living writers of the Beat generation has passed away.“垮掉一代”的作家在旧金山所剩无几，如今其中一位也离去了。As reported by the Washington Post, Lawrence Ferlinghetti died on February 22 at his San Francisco home at the age of 101.据《华盛顿邮报》报道，劳伦斯·费林盖蒂于2月22日在旧金山家中去世，享年101岁。Born in Yonkers, New York in 1919, Ferlinghetti arrived in San Francisco in 1950 following service in the U.S. Navy and graduation from Columbia University with a master's degree in English literature. He began a career of anarchist activism, themes he expressed in his writing and staunch defense of free speech.费林盖蒂1919年出生于纽约扬克斯，1950年来到旧金山，之前曾在美国海军服役，并在哥伦比亚大学获得英国文学硕士学位。他开始参与无政府主义活动，用写作表达各种主题，并坚定捍卫言论自由。Ferlinghetti became an icon in the '50s when he went on trial for obscenity charges surrounding Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," which he published through City Lights Books. "Howl" was a classic of the era that pushed boundaries with its profanity and graphic descriptions of gay sex. Through City Lights he published works by other iconic Beat writers like Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and Norman Mailer.1950年代，费林盖蒂成为了标志性人物，当时他因被控猥亵出庭受审，这些指控跟艾伦·金斯堡的作品《嚎叫》密切相关——他经营的城市之光图书公司出版了这首诗。《嚎叫》是那个时代的经典，它用粗俗言辞和对同性恋行为的生动描述打破了界限。费林盖蒂的“城市之光”还出版了“垮掉一代”其他代表性作家的作品，那些作家包括杰克·凯鲁亚克、查尔斯·布可夫斯基和诺曼·梅勒等。Ferlinghetti's 1958 collection of poetry "A Coney Island of the Mind" is considered another pillar of Beat generation literature, and he continued publishing collections of poetry and novels through the subsequent decades. He was named the Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 1998, and in addition to writing, was also a distinguished painter and spearheaded the creation of Jack Kerouac Alley in 1987.费林盖蒂1958年的诗集《心灵的科尼岛》被认为是“垮掉一代”文学的另一个支柱。随后几十年，他不断出版诗集和小说。1998年，他被授予旧金山桂冠诗人称号。除了写作，他还是一位杰出的画家。1987年，他牵头创建了杰克·凯鲁亚克巷。
▲ Portrait of American poet and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti taken in September 1977 as he poses in the bookstore he co-founded, City Lights Booksellers, in North Beach.
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As well as serving as a publishing house, City Lights was also a bookstore in North Beach founded in 1953, which expanded in 1987 to include a revered poetry room which encourages readers to enjoy their books before purchasing. The bookstore is so important to San Francisco culture that when they asked for donations to weather the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, $365,000 poured in in a single day.“城市之光”不仅出版图书，还是一家书店——1953年在北滩成立，1987年扩建建起了一间备受尊崇的诗歌室，鼓励读者在购买之前先好好看书。这家书店对旧金山文化至关重要，在新冠疫情初期书店为抵御疫情冲击而募捐时，单单一天就收到了36.5万美元的捐款。The cause of death was not reported, but Ferlinghetti has battled poor health in his final years and struggled with the loss of his vision. Regardless of those challenges, he continued to write, releasing an autobiographical novel in 2019 titled "Little Boy."费林盖蒂的死因未见报道【编注：据费林盖蒂女儿透露，他的死因是间质性肺病。】，但他生命最后这几年健康状况一直不佳，视力也逐渐丧失。尽管面临这些困难，他依然笔耕不辍，2019年还出版了自传体小说《小男孩》。英文+图片：Dan Gentile, SFGATE【特别说明：为保持诗歌出版版式，特以图片形式推出诗歌原文及译文。】
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《心灵的科尼岛》
[美]劳伦斯·费林盖蒂 著
黄灿然 译
上海译文出版社
2017年8月
【特别致谢：上海译文王源老师】