Étienne Roda-Gil
Étienne Roda-Gil(1 August 1941 inSeptfonds,Tarn-et-Garonne,France – 31 May 2004 inParis) was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was ananarchistand ananarcho-syndicalist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Roda-Gil was born in the Septfonds internment camp to refugees who had fledFrancoismat the end of theSpanish Civil War.His father, Antonio Roda Vallès, had been a militant with theCNTand a member of theDurruti column.In the early 1950s the family moved toAntony,a suburb of Paris, where he studied at theLycée Henri IV.In 1959, when he was called to military service in Algeria, Roda-Gil instead fled toLondon,where he became active in anarchist and rock-and-roll circles. He returned to France after receiving a reprieve.[1]
Roda-Gil participated in theIberian Federation of Libertarian Youthand theSituationist International,and was an active participant in the events ofMay 1968.[1]
He met singerJulien Clercin a café in Paris'sLatin Quarterin 1968, and became his songwriter.[1][2]He also wrote forMort Shuman,Angelo Branduardi,Barbara,Vanessa Paradis,Johnny Hallyday,Claude François,Juliette Gréco,andMalicorne,among others.[1]
In 1989, he received thegrand prixof songwriting fromSACEM(La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique). He also won SACEM'sPrix Vincent-Scottoin 1993.[3]
Roda-Gil died in Paris on 31 May 2004.[1]
Family
[edit]Roda-Gil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990.[1]
Works
[edit]RODA-GIL, Étienne (1956).L'Ami.La Nouvelle idéale. Toulouse: CNT.
Roda-Gil, Etienne (1981).La porte marine: roman.Paris: Editions du Seuil.ISBN2-02-005791-3.OCLC17042809.
Mala Pata(Seuil, 1992)
Roda-Gil, Étienne (1995).Ibertao: roman.Impr. Firmin-Didot). Paris: Stock.ISBN2-234-04434-0.OCLC464160216.
Paroles libertaires.Paris: A. Michel. 1999.ISBN2-226-10138-1.OCLC421716745.
Over 700 songs, as well asJuin 36(a rock opera),Café, sang, sucre(a musical),Che Guevara(an oratorio), andça ira(an opera).[1]
Further reading
[edit]Crocq, Philippe (2005).Etienne Roda-Gil: le maître enchanteur.Alain-Guy Aknin. [Paris?]: Flammarion.ISBN2-08-068618-6.OCLC61666394.
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghDupuy, Rolf (5 September 2016),"RODA GIL Etienne [Esteve]",Dictionnaire des anarchistes(in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier,archivedfrom the original on 19 March 2022,retrieved19 March2022
- ^""On l'appelait Roda": Etienne Roda-Gil, "poète industriel" de la chanson française ".Le Point(in French). Agence France-Presse. 26 October 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2022.Retrieved12 July2022.
- ^"Etienne Roda-Gil".musee.sacem.fr(in French).Archivedfrom the original on 17 April 2021.Retrieved12 July2022.
External links
[edit]- (in French)Official siteArchived12 October 2007 at theWayback Machine
- (in French)Illustrated biography and discographyArchived15 October 2018 at theWayback Machine
- 1941 births
- 2004 deaths
- Anarcho-syndicalists
- People from Montauban
- French male songwriters
- French songwriters
- French male screenwriters
- French anarchists
- French Anti-Francoists
- French people of Spanish descent
- French lyricists
- French syndicalists
- Deaths from cerebrovascular disease
- Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery
- 20th-century French screenwriters
- 20th-century French male writers