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Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.

Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night," which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.

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Drømmespinderi

Forfatteren og rockpoeten Patti Smith vandt i 2010 den prestigefyldte National Book Award for 'Just Kids',  som har gået sin sejrsgang verden over og er blevet betegnet som et mesterværk inden for sin genre.

'Drømmespinderi' er en intens lille perle af en erindringsbog. Med glimt tilbage til barndommens mystiske og magiske verden – og til den tidlige ungdoms uskyld og usikkerheder. Bogen rummer essensen af,  hvad Patti Smith kan som poet og skribent: give ord til det forlængst glemte, indfange det flygtigste tankespind og fremmane hjertegribende scenerier. Virkelige og drømmeriske, egenartede og universelle. En lille bog,  men kun af format og omfang. For den stræber højt og vokser i fylde for læseren,  hvis egne erindringsbilleder uvægerligt vækkes og flettes ind.

I forordet sender Patti Smith følgende ønske: “Alt i denne lille bog er sandt og beskrevet nøjagtigt, som det var. Det at skrive den trak mig ud af min sære tristesse,  og det er mit håb, at den vil fylde læseren med en vag og nysgerrig fryd.” ... Det gør den.
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Edition1
Printed pages94
Publish date01 Aug 2012
Published byKlim
Languagedan
ISBN print9788771291483
ISBN epub9788771297072