Peter D. Martin

American professor and bookstore owner

Peter Dean Martin

Born| 1923
Died| March 3, 1988(1988-03-03) (aged 65) [1]

San Francisco, California, US[1]

Known for| City Lights Bookstore
Spouse| Madeleine Martin[2]
Parent(s)| Carlo Tresca and Sabina 'Bina' Flynn[1]
Relatives| Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (aunt)

Peter Dean Martin (1923 – March 3, 1988) was an American college professor and bookstore owner, known for his founding of the City Lights Bookstore. He was the son of Carlo Tresca and Sabina 'Bina' Flynn, and the nephew of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.[3][4]

## Background[edit]

Martin was teaching sociology at San Francisco State College when in 1953 he founded the short lived City Lights Publishing company. To support the publishing company he started the City Lights Pocket Book Shop with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.[5]

After two years, he sold his interest in the bookstore and returned to his native New York, where he founded the New Yorker Bookstore with his wife Madeleine Dimond.[6][7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Peter Martin, 65, Dies; Founder of a Bookshop". New York Times. 1988-03-08. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
2. ^ "Madeleine Martin, Artist, 69". New York Times. 1991-12-04. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
3. ^ Pernicone, N. (19 October 2005). the Town Anarchist. ISBN 9781403981097.
4. ^ "Guide to the Carlo Tresca: Dorothy Gallagher Research Files TAM.117". Dlib.nyu.edu. 1943-01-11. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
5. ^ Morgan, Bill (May 2003). The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour. ISBN 9780872864177.
6. ^ Elman, Richard. Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs. ISBN 9781438402031.
7. ^ "Madeleine Martin, Artist, 69". The New York Times. 4 December 1991. Retrieved 28 October 2023.