Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman chooses the Georges Brassens song Supplique pour 锚tre enterr茅 脿 la plage de S猫te
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Best-selling author of His Dark Materials trilogy. Other books include The Ruby in the Smoke and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. Winner of the Carnegie Medal (1995) and the Astrid Lindgren Award (2005). President of the Society of Authors.
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Supplique pour 锚tre enterr茅 脿 la plage de S猫te by Georges Brassens
Philip Pullman chooses a song by the singer-songwriter and poet Georges Brassens (1921 - 1981). Supplique pour 锚tre enterr茅 脿 la plage de S猫te translates as Plea to be buried on the beach at S猫te, Brassens' home town. It is inspired by Paul Val茅ry's poem Le cimeti猫re marin.
From the Archive
Julian Barnes
Sam West reads from Julian Barnes' essay聽on Brassens and his song Supplique pour 锚tre.
From Spending Their Deaths on Holiday 29 Jan 2001 on Radio 4
Image 漏 Universal Music France/Claude DELORME
Brassens in Cardiff
Singer Jake Thackray recalls the night in 1973 when Brassens made a rare appearance outside France at聽Cardiff's Sherman Theatre.
From Starry Starry Night: George Brassens 28 Aug 2001 on Radio 4
Image 漏 Universal Music France/Jacques AUBERT
Quentin Blake and Posy Simmons
Cartoonist Posy Simmons聽tells Quentin Blake聽how she聽discovered Brassens as聽a student in Paris.
From The Man with the Famous Moustache 14 Oct 2004 on Radio 4.
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman on聽finding a story and his daily routine as a writer.
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