Talk:Georges Brassens

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[edit] Style issues

Article has some style issues, sounds like it was translated or written by a non-native speaker. Jogloran 05:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I proofread and corrected the introduction and "Childhood," if anyone would like to do the rest, that would be great. Tserton (talk) 15:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I have tried to improve the "Apprenticeship" section. Tafkam (talk) 00:00, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Georges Brassens, factual error

The article reads : Georges Brassens was born in Sete in southern France, SIXTY kilometres NORTH of Montpellier.

I believe it should read: Georges Brassens was born in Sete in southern France, SOME THIRTY kilometres SOUTH WEST of Montpellier.

For the following reasons: Montpellier is located 43.600 North, 3.883 East (inland) Sete is located 43.400 North, 3.683 East (a harbour on the Mediterranean coast)

The Great Circle distance between them is calculated as 27 kilometres.

This can be confirmed by observation of a map of the region.

Thank you.

216.59.240.191 03:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anarchist

Is there a reason Brassens is on the list of anarchist musicians? ~Switch t c g 02:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Because he was anarchist... Arronax · talk 23:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps the article should mention this, no? I don't know anything about Brassens so I don't know how to include it or how much prominence to give it... but at current the article does not mention the words "anarchist", "anarchy" or "anarchism" once. ~ Switch (✉✍☺☒) 07:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I believe the translation in progress does. Katr67 14:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genre?

Anyone know how to class Brassens' music? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.101.141.125 (talk) 14:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

The first sentence in the article makes no sense. What is an 'acoustic singer'? How would this differ from other singers?--124.191.8.56 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Poetry Prize

I can find several sites confirming that Brassens won the French National Poetry Prize, but none giving any details about what it is, when he received it, and which work earned him the award. Neither the English nor the French Wikipedia has a page on the Prize ("Prix national de la poésie" in French). The award does not have a website. Does anyone know details about it? Tserton (talk) 15:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need for sources & references

The original French article is tagged for lack of sources, so it's not at all clear where any of this material has come from. The single link under 'references' doesn't go anywhere. Until some citations of sources are provided, this translation isn't a valid proof-reading candidate. A lot of work to be done if anyone out there knows where to start. Burntfingers (talk) 15:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)