1926 - 1999
Shig Murao American Military
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Details
| Birthday |
8th December, 1926
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| Birthplace |
Seattle, Washington
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| Died |
18th October, 1999
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| Place of Death |
Cupertino, California
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Manager of City Lights Bookstore
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| Occupation |
Military
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Shigeyoshi "Shig" Murao (December 8, 1926 – October 18, 1999) was a Japanese-American bookseller who is mainly remembered as the City Lights clerk who was arrested on June 3, 1957, for selling Allen Ginsberg's Howl to an undercover San Francisco police officer. In the trial that followed, Murao was charged with selling the book and Lawrence Ferlinghetti with publishing it. Murao and Ferlinghetti were exonerated and Howl was judged protected under the First Amendment, a decision that paved the way for the publication of Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, William Burroughs, and many other writers who offended puritanical elements of society.
