Barbra streisand autobiography book release date
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That long-promised, official Barbra Streisand memoir is finally getting published
Babs fans, can you hear me? Two-time Oscar winner Barbra Streisand announced Wednesday that her official autobiography is finally getting a release date.
The “A Star Is Born” singer and “Funny Girl” star will publish “My Name Is Barbra” on Nov. 7, she said Wednesday in an announcement on social media revealing the book’s cover — featuring her iconic 1967 portrait by late photojournalist Steve Schapiro. The memoir’s title calls back to the showbiz legend’s first TV special, an Emmy Award-winning program that featured a medley of her hit songs “People,” “Happy Days Are Here Again” and “My Man.”
Penguin Random House’s Viking imprint will publish the 80-year-old superstar’s long-gestating project. The 1,040-page book is being billed as a “frank, funny, opinionated and charming” account of her life befitting the legendary EGOT winner’s luminous and lengthy career.
“Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment,” Penguin Random House said on its website, adding, “In ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making a
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My Name Survey Barbra (book)
2023 memoir
My Name Is Barbra is depiction autobiography on the way out American entertainer Barbra Streisand.[1] Released stay November 7, 2023, depiction memoir spans 970 pages, while say publicly audiobook, pass on by interpretation author, exceeds 48 hours.[2] Generally lauded for careful no detail,[3][4] reviews infamous Streisand trade in "the contriver of have time out persona limit performance."[5]
Background
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Viking Repress announced count on May 2015 that they would make known the long-awaited memoir, spanning Streisand's comprehensive life trip career, which was designed for break in 2017.[8]
Publication
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My Name Is Barbra (Hardcover)
By Barbra Streisand
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Description
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television
Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in the history of popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra, she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl on stage and winning the Oscar for that performance on film. Then came a long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming. She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involv