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Léo Ferré (August 24, 1916 - July 14, 1993) was a poet and a musician.
Born in Monaco, Ferré mixed lyricism with slang, love with anarchy. He took a central place in the French song world and is a reference in this domain. He was involved in anarchism and helped Radio Libertaire, an anarchist free radio emitting in Paris and around. With Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel, he is a great composer and writer of French songs.
External links
(all in French)
- Léo Ferré (http://www.leo-ferre.com/accueil/accueil.html) "official" homepage
- Léo Ferré (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scl/), homepage
- Biography (http://www.rfimusique.com/siteFr/biographie/biographie_8867.asp)
- Words of 81 songs (http://www.paroles.net/artis/1361)
- Pays-âges de Léo Ferré (http://www.lehall.com/galerie/ferre/index.html)
- Vox clamans (http://larbredupoete.free.fr/) : interviews
- Les Copains d’la neuille (http://membres.lycos.fr/lescopainsdlaneuille/) : news