Léo Ferré

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Léo Ferré was a French singer-songwriter, poet, and composer renowned for his anarchist spirit, literary lyrics, and influential role in 20th-century chanson.

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instanceOf chanson singer
composer
human
poet
singer-songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1990s
activeYearsStart 1940s
associatedWith 20th-century French chanson
awardReceived Grand Prix du Disque de l’Académie Charles Cros
burialPlace San Benedetto Belbo cemetery
countryOfCitizenship France
Monaco
countryOfDeath Italy
dateOfBirth 1916-08-24
dateOfDeath 1993-07-14
familyName Ferré
fullName Léo Albert Charles Antoine Ferré
gender male
genre French chanson
chanson
poetry
givenName Léo
influenced French chanson
French singer-songwriters
influencedBy Arthur Rimbaud
Charles Baudelaire
Friedrich Nietzsche
Guillaume Apollinaire
Louis Aragon
Paul Verlaine
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement anarchism
nativeLanguage French
notableAlbum Amour Anarchie
Il n’y a plus rien
La Solitude
Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire
notableCharacteristic anarchist spirit
dramatic stage presence
literary lyrics
orchestral arrangements
notableIdea anarchist humanism
notableWork Avec le temps
C’est extra
Il n’y a plus rien
La Mémoire et la Mer
La Solitude
Les Anarchistes
Poète… vos papiers !
occupation composer
orchestra conductor
poet
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Monaco
placeOfDeath Castellina in Chianti
Tuscany
politicalView anarchism
setToMusic poems of Charles Baudelaire
poems of François Villon
linked to: François Villon

poems of Guillaume Apollinaire
poems of Louis Aragon
spouse Madeleine Rabereau
Marie-Christine Diaz
Mathilde Ferré

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Juliette Gréco collaboratedWith Léo Ferré
Barclay Records hasArtist Léo Ferré