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4 unusual facts about Barry Gifford


Andrea Bempensante

In 2001 he wrote the movie A Farewell to Beat, in which Fernanda Pivano, the most famous Italian translator and critic, meets the greatest living American writers like Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Barry Gifford and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to narrate the amazing adventure of the Beat Generation.

Barry Gifford

Perdita Durango (screenplay, with David Trueba, Álex de la Iglesia, and Jorge Guerricaechevarría) (1997)

Capra Press

Capra Press was a Santa Barbara, California-based independent publishing house which has produced works by authors such as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Raymond Carver, Ray Bradbury, Gretel Ehrlich, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lawrence Clark Powell, Charles Bukowski, Michael Petracca, Tony Mendoza, Barry Gifford, José Antonio Burciaga, Ross Macdonald, and Twinka Thiebaud, who collected Henry Miller's table talk.

The Rose of Tibet

Author Barry Gifford considers this book the one he wishes he had written.



see also

Black Wings Has My Angel

Peditto and fellow screenwriter Barry Gifford have written the screenplay for the film and it is set to star Tom Hiddleston as Tim Sunblade, Anna Paquin as Virginia and Elijah Wood as Eddie Arceneaux.