Ari paffgen biography books
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You are Beautiful and You are Alone: The Biography of Nico.
You are Beautiful and You are Alone: The Biography of Nico
By Jennifer Otter Bickerdike (isbn: 978-0-571-35002-5)
Thoughts on this new Faber paperback book by Alan Dearling
Serious, meticulously researched, but fascinating and sometimes downright, rough and murky and too!
Nico – the Icon, has frequently been seen as mysterious, dark, melancholy and ultimately a mix of high-end art, unlistenable music, and a life characterised by a drug-fuelled descent into a bleak, nihilistic END-game. In many ways this book adds detail to that tapestry of the life of Christa Paffgen (or Schulz, her father’s surname). She was one of the first photographic-supermodels, working with the likes of Vogue and Coco Chanel, and, as an actress in Federico Fellini’s film, ‘La Dolce Vita’. She is largely portrayed as aloof, imperious and headstrong. But to that, her biographer adds the perception that Nico was seriously wounde
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Tosh and Kimley discuss You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico with author Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. Nico is an icon best known for her otherworldly beauty and for her time hanging out at Andy Warhol’s Factory and singing a few tunes with The Velvet Underground but her real story extends far beyond the cool gaze from under those blonde bangs. She managed to leave behind the detritus of post-WWII Germany by remaking herself first into a hugely successful model then catching the eye of Federico Fellini and eventually making her way to New York to become a Superstar of Warhol’s Factory. But her real artistic output came after this celebrated time with her solo recordings and constant touring. Bickerdike fleshes out the mythology of this complicated, imperfect woman with a dense and fascinating narrative.
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Theme music: “Behind Our Efforts, Let There Be Found Our Efforts” by LG17
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Christian Aaron Boulogne
French photographer and actor (1962–2023)
Christian Aaron Boulogne (11 August 1962 – 20 May 2023), also known as Ari Boulogne and Ari Päffgen, was a French photographer, actor and writer.
Early life
[edit]Boulogne was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 11 August 1962.[1] He was the son of German singer and actress Nico. His biological father has been heavily rumoured to be French actor Alain Delon,[2][3] although Delon consistently denied paternity to Boulogne and therefore this was never proved as Nico at the time was also living with Nicos Papatakis in 1962. He was initially raised bygd his mother before he was adopted by Delon's mother Édith and her second husband Paul Boulogne whose surname he legally took. He spent most of his childhood in Bourg-la-Reine.[4][5][6] In 2001 and 2019, Boulogne attempted to sue Delon for legal recognition of paternity but without success.[7][8