Etienne Roda-Gil

Étienne RodaGil 1 August 1941 in Septfonds TarnetGaronne France 31 May 2004 in Paris was a songwriter and screenwriter He was an anarchist and an anarchosyndicalist RodaGil 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 RodaGil instead fled to London where he became active in anarchist and rockandroll circles He returned to France after receiving a reprieve RodaGil participated in the Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth and the Situationist International and was an active participant in the events of May 1968 He met singer Julien Clerc in a café in Pariss Latin Quarter in 1968 and became his songwriter He also wrote for Mort Shuman Angelo Branduardi Barbara Vanessa Paradis Johnny Hallyday 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 SACEMs Prix VincentScotto in 1993 RodaGil died in Paris on 31 May 2004 RodaGil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990 Source Article Étienne RodaGil from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30