Patti Smith
Author of Just Kids
About the Author
Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1946. She is a singer-songwriter, writer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded show more twelve albums. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has written several books including Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, Auguries of Innocence, M Train, and Just Kids, which won the Nonfiction category of the National Book Award in 2010. Her drawings, photographs, and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, which is the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Not to be confused with Patty Smyth.
Image credit: flavorwire.com
Series
Works by Patti Smith
Patti Smith (sound recording) 3 copies
A Small Entreaty — Author — 2 copies
Come On Get Higher 2 copies
Canzoni 2 copies
Poesie e canzoni 2 copies
Work Songs 2 copies
Voz M 2 copies
Banga (Special Edition) — Author — 2 copies
A Normal Day 2 copies
Gone again 1 copy
Document 1 copy
Live at Montreux 2005 1 copy
Set Free 1 copy
Ha Ha Houdini 1 copy
Om å skrive 1 copy
Patti Smith dream of life 1 copy
Easter [Disc Only] 1 copy
ATP Patti Smith 1 copy
A Useless Death 1 copy
Poesie rock 1 copy
gloria / my generation 12 1 copy
Wicked Messenger 1 copy
Patti Smith 35 1 copy
Smith, Patti Archive 1 copy
Two More (A Perfect Day / Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect) — Artist — 1 copy
Der siebente Himmel 1 copy
The Beavers of Popple's Pond 1 copy
Associated Works
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Contributor — 167 copies
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributor — 14 copies
In'hui, No.9 — Contributor — 1 copy
CUZ 3 — Author — 1 copy
No Alternative [sound recording] — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Smith, Patti
- Legal name
- Smith, Patricia Lee
- Birthdate
- 1946-12-30
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
New Jersey, USA
New York, New York, USA
St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA - Education
- Deptford Township High School
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
poet
artist
writer - Relationships
- Smith, Fred Sonic (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2005)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2007)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2022) - Short biography
- Patti Smith is an American singer-songwriter and poet. She was influential in the birth of punk rock with her 1975 debut album "Horses". Called "Godmother of Punk" she integrated the beat poetry performance style with garage rock. Her allusions introduced American teens to 19th century French poetry, while her "unladylike" language defied the disco era. Smith is most widely known for the song "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- Disambiguation notice
- Not to be confused with Patty Smyth.
Members
Reviews
Lists
sad girl books (1)
Favorite Memoirs (1)
Female Author (1)
Phoebe Bridgers (1)
Sense of place (1)
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 121
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 10,161
- Popularity
- #2,337
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 378
- ISBNs
- 283
- Languages
- 23
- Favorited
- 29
“Reading rocker Smith’s account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it’s hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter that threw them together, allowing both to blossom? Quirky and spellbinding.” -- People
It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.
Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max’s Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years.
Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists’ ascent, a prelude to fame.… (more)