James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 - September 11, 2009) is an American writer, poet, autobiographical writer, and punk musician. Carroll is renowned for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries; this book inspired the 1995 film with the same title starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.
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Biography
Carroll was born to a working-class Irish family, and grew up in the Lower East Side of New York City. When he was about 11 years old (in sixth grade) his family moved north to Inwood in Upper Manhattan where he studied at Good Shepherd School. He was taught by LaSalle Christian Brothers, and his brother in the sixth grade noted that he could write and encourage him to do so. In the fall of 1963, he entered public school, but was soon granted a scholarship to the elite Trinity School. He attended Trinity from 1964 to 1968. Carroll was a basketball star in high school, but also developed a heroin addiction. Carroll became aware of the 1970s.
He briefly attended Wagner College and Columbia University.
Carroll identifies Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs as an influence on his artistic career.
Carroll's marriage to Rosemary Carroll ended in a divorce, but the two remained friends. He also dated Patti Smith.
Career Literature
While still in high school, Carroll publishes his first collection of poems, Organic Train. Already attracted the attention of local literati, his work began appearing in the magazine Project Poetry World in 1967. Soon his work was published in elite literary magazines such as Paris Review in 1968 , and Poetry in the following year. In 1970, the second collection of poems, 4 Ups and 1 Down was published, and he started working for Andy Warhol. At first, he was writing a movie dialog and finding the names of characters; later on, Carroll worked as a co-manager of Warhol Theater. Carroll's first publication by major publishers (Grossman Publishers), a collection of poetry Living at the Movies , was published in 1973.
In 1978, Carroll published The Basketball Diaries, an autobiographical book about his life as a teenager in New York City's drug culture. Diary is a diary collection he kept between the ages of 12 and 16, detailing his sexual experiences, his high school basketball career, and his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13 years old.
In 1987, Carroll wrote the second memoir, Forced Entry: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973, continued his autobiography into early adulthood in the music and art scene of New York City as well as his struggle to kick the drug habit.
After working as a musician, Carroll resumed full-time writing in the mid-1980s and began to appear regularly on the circuit of words. Beginning in 1991, Carroll made a reading of his first progressive novel, The Petting Zoo.
In 1995, Canadian filmmaker John L'Ecuyer adapted "Curtis's Charm", a short story from Carroll's 1993 Fear of Dreaming, into the movie Curtis's Charm.
Music career
In 1978, after he moved to California to get a new start since overcoming his heroin addiction, Carroll formed The Jim Carroll Band, a new rock/wave band, with encouragement from Patti Smith, with whom he once shared an apartment in New York City, with Robert Mapplethorpe. He did a piece of the word spoken with the Patti Smith Group in San Diego when the band's support broke up at the last moment. The band was originally called Amsterdam, where they were originally formed and based in Bolinas, California. The musicians are Steve Linsley (bass), Wayne Woods (drums), Brian Linsley and Terrell Winn (guitar). They released their single "People Who Died", from their 1980 debut album, Catholic Boy . The album featured contributions from Allen Lanier and Bobby Keys. In 1982 the song appeared on E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, from which Carroll received royalties until his death in 2009. The song also appeared in 1985's Kim Richards Tuff Turf vehicle starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr., who also featuring a cameo appearance by the band, as well as 2004 Dawn of the Dead , and in 2015 Robot S1 E10. It was featured in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries (based on Jim Carroll's autobiography), and was covered by John Cale on his soundtrack AntÃÆ'¡rtida . The title of the song is based on a poem by Ted Berrigan. The next albums are Dry Dreams (1982) and I Write Your Name (1983), both with contributions from Lenny Kaye and Paul Sanchez (guitar). Carroll also collaborated with Lou Reed musicians, Blue ÃÆ'-yster Cult, Boz Scaggs, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Pearl Jam, Electric Light Orchestra and Rancid. Death
Carroll, 60, died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on September 11, 2009. At the time of his death, he was ill with pneumonia and hepatitis C. He was reportedly working at his desk when he died.
Misa pemakamannya diadakan by Gereja Katolik Roma Bunda Pompeii by Carmine St. of Greenwich Village.
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Buku
Pule
Kereti Organik (1967) 4 Naik dan 1 Turun (1970) Tinggal di Film (1973) Kitab Nods (1986) Bermimpi Takut (1993) Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997 (1998) ISBN, 0-14-058909-0 8 Fragmen Kurt Cobain (1994)Prosa
The Basketball Diaries (memoir) (1978) Enter the Paksa: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973 (memoir) (1987) The Petting Zoo (novel) (2010; diterbitkan secara anumerta)
Discography
Album
Anak Katolik (1980) Live Dreams (1981) Mimpi Kering (1982) Saya Tulis Nama Anda (1983) Dunia Tanpa Gravity: The Best of The Jim Carroll Band Pools of Mercury (1998) (Unduhan Digital 2012) Pelarian EP (2000) Kata yang diucapkan Praying Mantis (1991) (2008 Digipak ulang) The Basketball Diaries (1994) Pools of Mercury (1998)Collaborate
Tinggal di Max's Kansas City , The Velvet Underground (1972) Club Ninja , Blue & Cult (1985) Mistrial , Lou Reed (1986)Compilation dan soundtrack
Dial-a-Poem Poets (1972) Terputus (1974) New Convention (1979), dengan kinerja Frank Zappa mixed up Satu Puisi Dunia (1981) Tuff Turf Soundtrack (1985)
Meat South
- The Basketball Diaries
References
Tautan External
- CatholicBoy.com
- New York Times AP Observers
- Jim Carroll by IMDb
- Jim Carroll of Cari Makam
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