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'''Étienne Roda-Gil''' (1 August 1941 in [[Septfonds]], Tarn-et-Garonne, France – 31 May 2004 in Paris) was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was married to the painter Nadine (née Delahaye) Roda-Gil until her death in 1990.

'''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 [[Anarchism|anarchist]] and an [[Anarcho-syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Dupuy |first=Rolf |title=RODA GIL Etienne [Esteve] |date=2016-09-05 |url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article154838 |work=Dictionnaire des anarchistes |place=Paris |publisher=Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier |language=fr |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319163533/https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article154838 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Roda-Gil was born in the Septfonds internment camp to refugees who had fled [[Francoist Spain|Francoism]] at the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]]. His father, Antonio Roda Vallès, had been a militant with the [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] and a member of the [[Durruti Column|Durruti column]]. In the early 1950s the family moved to [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], a suburb of Paris, where he studied at the [[Lycée Henri-IV|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.<ref name=":0" />
Roda-Gil was the son of a [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish republican]] from Catalonia who had come as a [[refugee]] to France. After university studies, he met singer [[Julien Clerc]] in a café in Paris's [[Latin Quarter]] in 1968, and began a fruitful collaboration which was broken off in 1980. Clerc and Roda-Gil did, however, collaborate on the album ''Utile'' in 1992, which won the [[Prix Vincent Scotto]].


Roda-Gil participated in the [[Libertarian Youth|Iberian Federation of Libertarian Youth]] and the [[Situationist International]], and was an active participant in the events of [[May 68|May 1968]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1979, he collaborated with [[Gérard Lenorman]] on the album ''Boulevard de l'océan''. [[Johnny Hallyday]], [[Claude François]], [[Juliette Gréco]], [[Monique Serf|Barbara]] and [[Louis Bertignac]] are other singers who have interpreted his songs.


He met singer [[Julien Clerc]] in a café in Paris's [[Latin Quarter]] in 1968, and became his songwriter.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2018-10-26 |title="On l'appelait Roda" : Etienne Roda-Gil, "poète industriel" de la chanson française |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/on-l-appelait-roda-etienne-roda-gil-poete-industriel-de-la-chanson-francaise-26-10-2018-2266205_3.php |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Le Point |language=fr |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331061619/https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/on-l-appelait-roda-etienne-roda-gil-poete-industriel-de-la-chanson-francaise-26-10-2018-2266205_3.php |url-status=live }}</ref> He also wrote for [[Mort Shuman]], [[Angelo Branduardi]], [[Monique Serf|Barbara]], [[Vanessa Paradis]], [[Johnny Hallyday]], [[Claude François]], [[Juliette Gréco]], and [[Malicorne (band)|Malicorne]], among others.<ref name=":0" />
Roda-Gil's book ''La Porte marine'' was published through [[Éditions du Seuil]] and his adaptation of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'' for director [[Andrzej Żuławski]] became the 1985 film ''[[L'amour braque]]''.


In 1989, he received the ''grand prix'' of songwriting from [[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique|SACEM]] (La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique). He also won SACEM's {{Interlanguage link|Prix Vincent-Scotto|lt=Prix Vincent-Scotto|fr}} in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etienne Roda-Gil |url=https://musee.sacem.fr/index.php/Detail/entities/2409 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=musee.sacem.fr |language=fr |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417201017/https://musee.sacem.fr/index.php/Detail/entities/2409 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He approached [[Roger Waters]] in 1987 to set his and [[libretto]], ''[[Ça Ira]]'', to music. Despite the initial version having been completed and recorded by the end of 1988 and receiving an endorsement from then-French president [[François Mitterrand]], the opera did not receive a performance until 2005, after Roda-Gil's death.


Roda-Gil died in Paris on 31 May 2004.<ref name=":0" />
In 1989, he received the ''grand prix'' of songwriting from [[Sacem]] (La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique).


==Family==
Roda-Gil often participated in demonstrations of the [[Confédération nationale du travail]].
Roda-Gil was married to painter Nadine Delahaye from 1965 until her death in 1990.<ref name=":0" />


==External links==
== Works ==
{{Cite book |last=RODA-GIL |first=Étienne |url=https://www.cira.ch/catalogue/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10661 |title=L'Ami |date=1956 |publisher=CNT |series=La Nouvelle idéale |location=Toulouse}}
*{{fr icon}} [http://www.roda-gil.fr Official site]

*{{fr icon}} [http://www.julien-clerc.net/auteurs/etienne_roda-gil/ Illustrated biography and discography]
{{Cite book |last=Roda-Gil |first=Etienne |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17042809 |title=La porte marine : roman |date=1981 |publisher=Editions du Seuil |isbn=2-02-005791-3 |location=Paris |oclc=17042809}}

''Mala Pata'' (Seuil, 1992)

{{Cite book |last=Roda-Gil |first=Étienne |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464160216 |title=Ibertao : roman |date=1995 |publisher=Stock |others=Impr. Firmin-Didot) |isbn=2-234-04434-0 |location=Paris |oclc=464160216}}

{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421716745 |title=Paroles libertaires. |date=1999 |publisher=A. Michel |isbn=2-226-10138-1 |location=Paris |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).<ref name=":0" />

== Further reading ==
{{Cite book |last=Crocq |first=Philippe |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61666394 |title=Etienne Roda-Gil : le maître enchanteur |date=2005 |publisher=Flammarion |others=Alain-Guy Aknin |isbn=2-08-068618-6 |location=[Paris?] |oclc=61666394}}

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.roda-gil.fr Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012124504/http://www.roda-gil.fr/ |date=12 October 2007 }}
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.julien-clerc.net/auteurs/etienne_roda-gil/ Illustrated biography and discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015203651/http://www.julien-clerc.net/auteurs/etienne_roda-gil/ |date=15 October 2018 }}

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Latest revision as of 05:16, 1 April 2024

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[edit]

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 [fr] in 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. 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]

Further reading[edit]

Crocq, Philippe (2005). Etienne Roda-Gil : le maître enchanteur. Alain-Guy Aknin. [Paris?]: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-068618-6. OCLC 61666394.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ ""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.
  3. ^ "Etienne Roda-Gil". musee.sacem.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links[edit]

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