Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz (lahir 27 Oktober 1950) adalah pembicara[1] dan penulis berkebangsaan Amerika.[2] Beberapa pihak menyebutnya sebagai Dorothy Parker masa kini.[3]
Fran Lebowitz | |
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 (2011) | |
| Lahir | Frances Ann Lebowitz 27 Oktober 1950 Morristown, New Jersey |
| Pekerjaan | Author, writer, public speaker |
| Kebangsaan | American |
| Karya terkenal | Metropolitan Life Social Studies The Fran Lebowitz Reader |
Kehidupan dan karir
Lebowitz lahir dan dibesarkan di Morristown, New Jersey.[4]
Setelah dikeluarkan dari SMA dan mendapatkan GED, Lebowitz menjalani beberapa pekerjaan sambilan sebelum dipekerjakan oleh Andy Warhol sebagai kolumnis di majalah Interview.[5] Kemudian dia mendapatkan pekerjaandi mahalah Mademoiselle.[6] Buku pertamanya adalah kumpulan esai yang berjudul Metropolitan Life yang dirilis pada tahun 1978,[3] diikuti oleh Social Studies pada tahun 1981,[3] keduanya terkumpul dalam The Fran Lebowitz Reader.[7]
Dia terkenal dalam Exterior Signs of Wealth, sebuah novel yang lama ditunggu-tunggu, namun tidak selesai.[4] Konon novel tersebut bercerita tentang orang kaya yang ingin menjadi artis, dan artis yang ingin menjadi kaya.[2] Dia juga beberapa kali tampil dalam Late Night with David Letterman[4] dan mendapat peran sebagai Hakim Janice Goldberg dalam drama televisi Law & Order mulai 2001 hingga 2007.[8]
Lebowitz adalah perokok berat yang dikenal dalam advokasinya terhadap hak-hak perokok.[4][9][10]
Pada September 2007, Lebowitz dinobatkan sebagai salah satu wanita paling stylish dalam Vanity Fair's 68th Annual International Best-Dressed List;[11] she is known to sport tailored suits by the Savile Row tailor Anderson & Sheppard. On November 17, 2010, Fran returned to The Late Show with David Letterman after a 16-year absence. She discussed her years-long writer's block, which she jokingly referred to as a "writer's blockade". On November 22, 2010, HBO debuted Public Speaking, a documentary about Lebowitz by Martin Scorsese containing interviews and clips from speaking engagements.[12]
Lebowitz's upcoming book, Progress, was first excerpted in Vanity Fair in 2004[13] and currently has a 2015 publication date.[14]
An automobile enthusiast, Lebowitz owns and drives a vintage pearl-gray 1979 Checker Marathon, which she keeps in a high-end garage in the East Village in Manhattan.[15]
Books
- Metropolitan Life, Dutton, 1978. ISBN 978-0-525-15562-1
- Social Studies, Random House, 1981. ISBN 978-0-394-51245-7
- The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Vintage Books, 1994, ISBN 978-0-679-76180-8
- Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas, Knopf, 1994. ISBN 978-0-679-86052-5
- Progress
- Exterior Signs of Wealth
References
- ^ Detrick, Ben (November 17, 2010). "Infallibility Has Its Upside". The New York Times.
- ^ a b George Plimpton (Summer 1993). "Fran Lebowitz, A Humorist at Work". Paris Review.
- ^ a b c Collins, Glenn (August 23, 1981). "THE SOUR CREAM SENSIBILITY". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d Morris, Bob (August 10, 1994). "At Lunch With: Fran Lebowitz; Words Are Easy, Books Are Not". The New York Times.
- ^ Coughlan, Thomas (November 7, 2012). "Fran Lebowitz goes road-tripping". The Daily Californian.
- ^ Alfano, Elysabeth (September 28, 2012). "Quintessential New Yorker and Social Commentator, Fran Lebowitz, Comes to Chicago". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Callahan, Dan (February 21, 2011). "Fran Lebowitz in Public Speaking". Slant Magazine.
- ^ Bennett, Bruce (November 23, 2010). "The Vulture Transcript: Fran Lebowitz on Sarah Palin, Keith Richards, Her Side Career As a Law & Order Judge, and Much More". New York.
- ^ "VF EDITOR GIVES UP SMOKE FIGHT". New York Post. February 19, 2005.
- ^ "Female Celebrity Smoking List – Lebowitz". Smokingsides.com.
- ^ "The 68th Annual International Best-Dressed List". Vanity Fair. September 2007.
- ^ "Public Speaking". HBO. 2010.
- ^ Lebowitz, Fran (October 2004). "Is Everything Sacred?". Vanity Fair.
- ^ Massara, Kathleen (October 19, 2012). "Fran Lebowitz, Frank Rich at Town Hall: Pair Debate State Of The Union". The Huffington Post.
- ^ M. Grynbaum, Michael (June 27, 2011). "Nothing Gets Between Fran Lebowitz and Her Checker". The New York Times.
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