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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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Abens år

Det er nytår, og Patti Smith spiller en række koncerter på det legendariske spillested Fillmore i San Francisco. Men året begynder ude af takt. En nær ven og mentor er blevet ramt af alvorlig sygdom. Det sender Smith ud på en måneds strejfen ved den californiske kyst, urolig, men søgende og åben.

Først derefter kan hun vende tilbage til slangerne og medicinlugten på den intensive afdeling. Efter denne begyndelse følger et år ubeskyttet af logik og en velkendt tidslighed.

Patti Smith tager os med ind i sit eget eventyrland og en tid med uventede forandringer, rod i vante systemer og dyb sorg. For Smith – nysgerrig og altid udforskende og skrivende – bliver 2016 til et år slynget rundt i livets strømhvirvler: med tab, alderens nærvær og et dramatisk skift i det politiske landskab i USA. Som en fremmed siger til hende: “Alt er muligt. Når alt kommer til alt, er det Abens år.”
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Publish date08 Nov 2019
Published byKlim
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ISBN print9788772044095
ISBN epub9788772045016
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