FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES, My Years with Andy Warhol

—Grace Glueck, The New York Times Book Review

Set in the dervish years of the Sixties and Seventies, Famous For Fifteen Minutes is a confession memoir of Ultra Violet. The story recounts of Warhol, a shy, bald, myopic, gay albino from an ethnic Pittsburgh suburb and the "Girl in Andy's Soup," Isabelle Collin Dufresne, a.k.a. Ultra Violet, a convent educated heiress from France. Salvador Dali, her companion for five years, introduced her to Andy in 1963. The book won the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt Award, and has been published in 14 languages.

About the Author
French born, Ultra Violet was exorcised, sent to a correction home, and then to New York in 1955. Her romance with Salvador Dali concluded with meeting Andy Warhol in 1964. She became a regular at the legendary factory. An artist, her work includes light, technology, and heavenly messengers. Her play, Tabernacle of Clay debates the innocence and/or criminality of Jesus Christ.

1988  USA                              FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES,

                                               My Years with Andy Warhol

                                               Hartcourt Brace Jovanovich, (Hardcover)

USA                              New York Times Book Review

                                      "We threw Andy Out of our Orgy", Grace Glueck

Germany                        ANDY WARHOL

                                      SUPERSTAR / Gustav Lubbe, (hardcover)

1989 Germany                         Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt Award

Italy                                FAMOSI PER 15 MINUTI / Frassinelli

France                            MA VIE AVEC ANDY WARHOL / Albin Michel

England                          FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES / Methuen (Hardcover)

          Spain                              FAMOSA DURANTE 15 MINUTOS / Plaza & Janes

1990  Japan                             GOOD BYE ANDY - THE XX CENTURY MEMORIAL /

Heibonsha (Hardcover)

          USA                              FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES / Avon

          England                          FAMOUS FOR 15 MIINUTES / Manderin

1991  Brazil                              FAMASOS POR 15 MINUTOS /

                                                 Editoro Civilizacao Brasileira

          Germany                        ANDY WARHOL SUPERSTAR / Lubbe Bastei

          Czech Republic              MA LETA S ANDY WARHOLEM /  Jan Kanzelsberger      

1992  Poland                            15 MINUT SLAWY MOJE LATA Z ANDY

                                                WARHOLEM  86 Press

2005 USA                               FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES, My Years with Andy Warhol  / iUniverse  (reprint)

2006 Czech Republic               MA LETA S ANDY WARHOLEM / Bertelsmann.

isbn :0-595-33358-3
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