Étienne Roda-Gil
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Étienne Roda-Gil (1 August 1941 in Septfonds,
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, France – 31 May 2004 in
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) was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was an
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and an
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Biography

Roda-Gil was born in the Septfonds internment camp to refugees who had fled Francoism at the end of the
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. 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
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, where he became active in anarchist and rock-and-roll circles. He returned to France after receiving a reprieve. Roda-Gil participated in the Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth and the
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, and was an active participant in the events of May 1968. He met singer Julien Clerc in a café in Paris's Latin Quarter in 1968, and became his songwriter. He also wrote for Mort Shuman,
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, Barbara, Vanessa Paradis,
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, Claude François, Juliette Gréco, and Malicorne, among others. 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 in 1993. Roda-Gil died in Paris on 31 May 2004 of a
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Family

Roda-Gil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990.


Works

* * *''Mala Pata'' (Seuil, 1992) * * 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).


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External links


Official site

Illustrated biography and discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roda-Gil, Etienne 1941 births 2004 deaths 20th-century anarchists 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French screenwriters Anarcho-syndicalists Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery French anarchists French Anti-Francoists French lyricists French male songwriters French male screenwriters French people of Spanish descent French syndicalists People from Montauban