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Century lands Streisand’s 'heartfelt and entertaining' memoir
Century, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, has landed Barbra Streisand’s memoir, My Name Is Barbra.
Ben Brusey, publishing director, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from PRH US. My Name is Barbra will be published on 7th November 2023 in hardback, e-book and audio.
“Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in My Name Is Barbra, she tells her story in her own words,” the publisher said.
Brusey added: “Barbra Streisand is the ultimate artist and icon, peerless in her mastery of multiple fields from music to film, theatre to philanthropy. Now, with the momentous publication of My Name is Barbra, Streisand announces herself as the ultimate writer and storyteller.
“One of the greatest tales of the creative life ever told, Streisand’s memoir reveals a voice on the page that is every bit as heartfelt, entertaining and spectacular as her greatest performances. We are thrilled and honoured to be publishing Streisand’s memoir and know it will be a landmark event full of joy and creativity that will dazzle and delight readers and critics alike.”
Streisand’s achievements as a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, a screenwriter and a songwriter have been rewarded with two Oscars; five Emmys and 10 Grammys, including the Legend Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
She has also won a Tony Award; 11 Golden Globes, including the Cecil B DeMille Award; three Peabody Awards; and the Directors Guild of America Award for her 1994 TV special, ”Barbra: The Concert”.
With “Yentl”, she became the first woman to direct, produce, write, and star in a major motion picture, and the first woman to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Likewise, she is the first female composer to receive an Academy Award for Best Original Song—“Evergreen (Love Theme from ’A Star Is Born’).”
She has also received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award and is a Kennedy Center Honoree. She has been awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton, France’s Légion d’honneur from President Sarkozy, and America’s highest civilian honour—the Presidential Medal of Freedom—from President Obama.
Streisand also created the Streisand Foundation in 1986 to advance philanthropic interests ranging from women’s rights, voting rights, and human rights to protecting the environment, preventing nuclear proliferation, and preserving democracy and created the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai to support research and raise awareness about women’s heart disease. Recently, she endowed the Barbra Streisand Institute at UCLA to examine “critical issues of our time”, such as truth in the public sphere, the impact of climate change, the dynamics of intimacy and power between women and men, and the impact of art on culture.
