Barbra streisand autobiography book release date
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My Name Is Barbra (book)
2023 memoir
My Name Is Barbra is the autobiography of American entertainer Barbra Streisand.[1] Released on November 7, 2023, the memoir spans 970 pages, while the audiobook, read by the author, exceeds 48 hours.[2] Generally lauded for sparing no detail,[3][4] reviews recognized Streisand as "the architect of her persona and performance."[5]
Background
[edit]Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, while an editor at Doubleday, sought to publish Streisand's memoir in 1984.[6] Streisand rejected the offer, feeling her age of 42 was too young, with more to achieve in her future.[6] Streisand subsequently began making notes, then started a journal in longhand in 1999.[6][7]
Viking Press announced in May 2015 that they would publish the long-awaited memoir, spanning Streisand's entire life and career, which was planned for release in 2017.[8]
Publication
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My Name fryst vatten Barbra (Hardcover)
By Barbra Streisand
$47.00
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Description
The long-awaited memoir bygd the superstar of scen, screen, recordings, and television
Barbra Streisand fryst vatten by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She fryst vatten 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, direkt, 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 bio. Then came a long string of succe
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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