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Francis Lalanne

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Francis Lalanne
Background information
Birth nameFrancis-José Lalanne
Born (1958-08-08) 8 August 1958 (age 66)
Bayonne
OccupationSinger
Years active1977-present

Francis Lalanne (born Francis-José Lalanne on 8 August 1958 in Bayonne) is a French-Uruguayan singer, songwriter and poet. He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.

Free Art

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He opposed the HADOPI law[1] in 2009 and has supported the French free software community saying that the purpose of art is not to make money but conscience, and it is the duty of any author to promote the free dissemination of this conscience.[2] He wrote the book Révoltons-nous, published in August 2011 under the free art license.[3]

Political commitment

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Francis Lalanne was several times a candidate in elections under the ecological banner, was a supporter of the yellow vests movement.[4] He led a Yellow Alliance list in the European elections of May 2019, obtaining 0.54% of the votes.[5]

On 22 February 2021, he was investigated for "provocation to the commission of attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation" after he signed an op-ed, published on the FranceSoir website, calling to "put the State out of harm's way", the Paris public prosecutor's office said on Monday 22 February.[6]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • 1979: Rentre chez toi
  • 1980: Francis Lalanne
  • 1981: Toi mon vieux copain
  • 1982: Celle qui m'a emmené
  • 1984: Amis d'en France
  • 1985: Coup de foudre
  • 1986: Mai 86
  • 1988: De Corazón
  • 1990: Avec toi
  • 1992: Tendresses
  • 1994: Les Inédits
  • 1996: Face cachée
  • 2000: Sans papiers
  • 2003: D'une vie à l'autre
  • 2005: Reptile
  • 2009: Ouvrir son cœur
  • 2010: Blaïte music

Live albums

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  • 1983: Lalanne à Pantin
  • 1993: Zénith 93
  • 2006: Au Casino de Paris

Compilations

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  • 1995: Flash-Back
  • 2007: Best of

Publications

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  • 1986: Ajedhora, Flammarion.
  • 1993: Le Roman d'Arcanie, Les Belles Lettres.
  • 1994: Les Carnets de Lucifer, Les Belles Lettres.
  • 1995: Le Journal de Joseph, Éditions du Rocher.
  • 1997: D'Amour et de Mots, Les Belles Lettres. Tristan Tzara prize in 1997.
  • 1999: Éliade ou l'Idéale, Les Belles Lettres.
  • 2000: Le Petit Livre de l'Enfant, Éditions du Rocher, with co-author Stella Sulak.
  • 2003: Drac. ou le Soliloque du Vampire, Les Belles Lettres.
  • 2004: Les Carnets de Lucifer – Mon Journal Intime, Les Belles Lettres.
  • 2006: Skizogrammes, Pantoums, Éditions Bibliophane.
  • 2008: Mère Patrie, Planète Mère, Éditions Pascal Petiot. Lauriers Verts award at La Forêt des Livres in 2008.
  • 2009: La bataille Hadopi, In Libro Veritas (group of authors).[1]
  • 2009: Mise en Demeure à Monsieur le Président de la République Française, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Éditeur.
  • 2011: Révoltons-nous, Éditions in Libro Veritas.[3]

Filmography

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Cinéma
As a voice actor

Other

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In 2011, he participated in the second season of Danse avec les stars – the French version of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with professional dancer Silvia Notargiacomo. On November 5, 2011, they were eliminated finishing 5th.

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis Lalanne.

See also

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References

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  • Dominique Lacout, Francis Lalanne, Éditions du Rocher, 1993. ISBN 978-2-268-01596-5
  1. ^ a b (in French) "Collectif d'auteurs - In Libro Veritas" Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, inlibroveritas.net, Novembre 13, 2009.
  2. ^ (in French) "La Bataille Hadopi - Conférence de presse" Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, OxyRadio, 2009.
  3. ^ a b (in French) "Révoltons-nous - Francis Lalanne" Archived 2 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ILV-Bibliotheca.net, 9 August 2011.
  4. ^ "" Gilets jaunes " : la liste Alliance jaune pour les élections européennes, menée par Francis Lalanne". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-05-01. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  5. ^ "Elections européennes 2019 : après six mois de mobilisation, les listes « gilets jaunes » font moins de 1 %". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-05-26. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  6. ^ "Francis Lalanne visé par une enquête pour " provocation à la commission d'atteintes aux intérêts fondamentaux de la nation "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-02-22. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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