The foundation , which sponsors the annual National Book Awards , also said it would give its inaugural Literarian Award , for outstanding service to the American literary community , to Lawrence Ferlinghetti , the poet , publisher and bookseller at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco , who was influential in exposing new poets , particular those of the Beat Generation , to American audiences .
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