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Lucy Sante
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| Born | Luc Sante May 25, 1954 Verviers, Belgium |
| Occupation | Writer, critic, artist |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Notable awards | Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (1998) Guggenheim Fellowship (1992) Whiting Award (1989) |
Lucy Sante (pronounced Sahnt; born May 25, 1954) is a talented writer, critic, and artist. She was born in Belgium and later moved to the United States. Lucy Sante is well-known for her many books and her articles in The New York Review of Books.
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Early Life and School
Lucy Sante was born in Verviers, Belgium. She moved to the United States when she was a young child in the early 1960s. She went to Regis High School in New York City. Later, she studied at Columbia University from 1972 to 1976.
After college, Lucy Sante started working at The New York Review of Books. She began in the mailroom and then became an assistant. She soon started writing for the magazine regularly. She wrote about movies, art, photos, and other interesting cultural topics. She also wrote reviews of books.
Her Work as a Writer
Lucy Sante has written and edited many books. She has also written song lyrics and notes for music albums.
Some of her famous books include:
- Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York (1991): This book explores the history of lower Manhattan from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.
- The Factory of Facts (1998): This is an autobiographical book, meaning it tells parts of her own life story.
- The Other Paris (2015): This book looks at a different side of Paris.
- I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition (2024): This recent book shares her personal journey of identity.
Lucy Sante also helped translate and edit a book called Novels in Three Lines (2007) by Félix Fénéon.
Other Projects
In the early 1980s, Lucy Sante wrote lyrics for a band called The Del-Byzanteens. She also worked as a history expert for the 2002 movie Gangs of New York. This film was directed by Martin Scorsese.
With Jem Cohen, she made a short film called Le Bled (Buildings in a Field) in 2009. Lucy Sante is also an artist and has shown her collage artwork in galleries.
For 24 years, Lucy Sante taught writing and the history of photography at Bard College. She retired from teaching in 2023.
Personal Life
In 2021, Lucy Sante shared that she was living as a woman. She wrote about this personal journey on her Instagram account. She explained that she had known this about herself since she was young. In 2022, she wrote an essay in Vanity Fair magazine about her experience.
Her 2024 book, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition, tells the story of her journey of self-discovery. This book was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2024 by New York Times. Lucy Sante has been married twice and has a son.
Awards and Honors
Lucy Sante has received many awards for her writing and work:
- 1989: Whiting Award
- 1992–1993: Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1997: Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1998: Grammy for best album notes. She helped write notes for the 1997 re-release of the Anthology of American Folk Music.
- 2010: Infinity Award for writing, from the International Center of Photography, New York City
- 2012: Cullman Center Fellowship, New York Public Library
- 2014: MacDowell Fellowship
- 2023: Order of the Crown, Kingdom of Belgium
- 2024: MacDowell Fellowship
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Lucy Sante in 2024
See also
In Spanish: Lucy Sante para niños
