Lucy Sante

Lucy Sante

Actor · Director

Verviers, Belgium
May 25, 1954

Biography

Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante) is a Belgian-born American writer, critic, and artist. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Her books include Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York (1991).

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Representative Works

River of Fundament
River of Fundament
6.1
/ English
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
6.8
/ English
Everybody Street
Everybody Street
7.0
/ English
From Swastika to Jim Crow
From Swastika to Jim Crow
7.0
/ English
Up the River
Up the River
3.3
/ English
You Are Not I
You Are Not I
6.7
/ English
The Bowery
The Bowery
7.3
/ English
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
Le bled (Buildings in a Field)
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

River of Fundament
2014Nominee

Best Performance

River of Fundament

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018Nominee

Best Performance

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Everybody Street
2013Nominee

Best Performance

Everybody Street

Career Highlights

From Swastika to Jim Crow
2000Highlight

Best Performance

From Swastika to Jim Crow

Up the River
2015Highlight

Best Performance

Up the River

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