Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg · Arts & Literature
Influential French singer-songwriter, poet and composer; son of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents.
1928, Paris, France — 1991, Paris, France
France
Serge Gainsbourg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Influential French singer-songwriter, poet and composer; son of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents.
Gainsbourg was one of the most influential French singer-songwriters, poets and composers of the 20th century, whose provocative, genre-crossing work reshaped French popular music. Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Paris, he wore the yellow star as a child during the German occupation.
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Influential French singer-songwriter, poet and composer; son of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents.
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