Étienne Roda-Gil (1 August 1941 in Septfonds, Tarn-et-Garonne, France – 31 May 2004 in Paris) was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist.[1]
Biography
Roda-Gil was born in the Septfonds internment camp to refugees who had fled Francoism at the end of the Spanish Civil War. His father, Antonio Roda Vallès, had been a militant with the CNT and a member of the Durruti column. In the early 1950s the family moved to Antony, a suburb of Paris, where he studied at the Lycée Henri IV. In 1959, when he was called to military service in Algeria, Roda-Gil instead fled to London, where he became active in anarchist and rock-and-roll circles. He returned to France after receiving a reprieve.[1]
Roda-Gil participated in the Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth and the Situationist International, and was an active participant in the events of May 1968.[1]
He met singer Julien Clerc in a café in Paris's Latin Quarter in 1968, and became his songwriter.[1][2] He also wrote for Mort Shuman, Angelo Branduardi, Barbara, Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Hallyday, Claude François, Juliette Gréco, and Malicorne, among others.[1]
In 1989, he received the grand prix of songwriting from SACEM (La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique). He also won SACEM's Prix Vincent-Scotto in 1993.[3]
Roda-Gil died in Paris on 31 May 2004[1] of a stroke.[4]
Family
Roda-Gil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990.[1]
Works
- RODA-GIL, Étienne (1956). L'Ami. La Nouvelle idéale. Toulouse: CNT.
- Roda-Gil, Etienne (1981). La porte marine : roman. Paris: Editions du Seuil. ISBN 2-02-005791-3. OCLC 17042809.
- Mala Pata (Seuil, 1992)
- Roda-Gil, Étienne (1995). Ibertao : roman. Impr. Firmin-Didot). Paris: Stock. ISBN 2-234-04434-0. OCLC 464160216.
- Paroles libertaires. Paris: A. Michel. 1999. ISBN 2-226-10138-1. OCLC 421716745.
Over 700 songs, as well as Juin 36 (a rock opera), Café, sang, sucre (a musical), Che Guevara (an oratorio), and ça ira (an opera).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dupuy, Rolf (5 September 2016), "RODA GIL Etienne [Esteve]", Dictionnaire des anarchistes (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, archived from the original on 19 March 2022, retrieved 19 March 2022
- ^ ""On l'appelait Roda" : Etienne Roda-Gil, "poète industriel" de la chanson française". Le Point (in French). Agence France-Presse. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Etienne Roda-Gil". musee.sacem.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Vingt ans de la mort de Roda-Gil : en six vidéos, qui était le célèbre parolier de Julien Clerc, Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Halliday…". SudOuest.fr (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
Further reading
- Crocq, Philippe (2005). Etienne Roda-Gil : le maître enchanteur. Alain-Guy Aknin. [Paris?]: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-068618-6. OCLC 61666394.
External links
- (in French) Official site Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Illustrated biography and discography Archived 15 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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