Eve Babitz was born in Los Angeles in 1943 and was influenced by movies and bohemianism. Her father, Sol Babitz, was a concert violinist who sometimes jammed with Jelly Roll Morton. Her godfather was composer Igor Stravinsky, and her family socialized with such notable figures as Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin. Babitz attended Hollywood High School and was an early figure in the 1960s counterculture in Southern California. Her bohemian upbringing and proximity to Hollywood provided much fodder for her writing, including her books Eve’s Hollywood (1972) and Slow Days, Fast Company (1974).
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