Patti Smith wins National Book Award with Robert Mapplethorpe story
Singer-songwriter's memoir of life with photographer and within 1960s New York scene wins prestigious US prizePatti Smith's bitter-sweet memoir of a youthful affair with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe won her a prestigious National Book Award in the US last night.The singer-songwriter's widely praised book Just Kids tells how Smith met Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and charts their transition from flatmates to lovers, against the backdrop of a New York scene inhabited by the likes of Andy Warh...
Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter's memoir of life with photographer and within 1960s New York scene wins prestigious US prizePatti Smith's bitter-sweet memoir of a youthful affair with ... more info
Guardian Music — Memoir of her bohemian days with artist Robert Mapplethorpe earns acclaimed musician National Book Award in USFor a musician who virtually dropped out of public life for ... more info
ContactMusic — Punk legend PATTI SMITH was on the verge of tears as she accepted a major literary honour for her memoir at the U.S. National Book Awards in New York City on... more info
AOL Music — Rocker and writer Patti Smith has won the prestigious National Book Award for her memoir "Just Kids," a haunting chronicle of poverty and pain while living in New York Ci... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Her winning the National Book Award for 'Just Kids' is another example of her genre-blending talent."Just Kids," which won the National Book Award for nonfiction Wednesda... more info