The punk poet and songwriter released in January 2010 her novel “Just Kids” which is based on Smith's relationship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. She won the 2010 National Book Award for Non-Fiction over in the United States.
Patti Smith will work with Oscar nominated screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator) on the screenplay. They’ve decided to write the screenplay on spec rather than set it up with a distribution, which they certainly could have done after Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for Non-fiction, reports Deadline.com.
Logan most recently won a Tony Award for his play Red, about painter Mark Rothko. Smith has released ten studio albums across her career and is to release a new 'Greatest Hits' compilation on September 12. The 18 track long 'Outside Society' spans Smith's entire body of work, from her 1975 debut all the way to her cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit in 2007.
Patti Smith will work with Oscar nominated screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator) on the screenplay. They’ve decided to write the screenplay on spec rather than set it up with a distribution, which they certainly could have done after Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for Non-fiction, reports Deadline.com.
Logan most recently won a Tony Award for his play Red, about painter Mark Rothko. Smith has released ten studio albums across her career and is to release a new 'Greatest Hits' compilation on September 12. The 18 track long 'Outside Society' spans Smith's entire body of work, from her 1975 debut all the way to her cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit in 2007.
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