Born Belgium 1954; immigrated early 1960s; Columbia University (no degree); books include Low Life, The Factory of Facts, Kill All Your Darlings, The Other Paris, Maybe the People Would Be the Times; recipient Whiting Writer's Prize, Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letters, Grammy (for album notes), Infinity Award from International Center of Photography, Guggenheim and Cullman fellowships; Visiting Professor of Writing and the History of Photography, Bard College, 1999- .
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