Hélène Martin
| Hélène Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 June 1928 Paris, France |
| Genres | Chanson |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1956–2009 |
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| Website | www |
Hélène Martin (French: [elɛn maʁtɛ̃], born in Paris, 30 June 1928) is a French singer and songwriter.
Hélène Martin is the daughter of a university teacher (Sciences Po), and started singing in cabarets in the fifties. In 1962, she recorded poems by Jean Genet who encouraged her.Jean Vilar asked her to stage a show based on poems by René Char for the Festival d'Avignon, interpreted by her and Roger Blin, Francesca Solleville, Bachir Touré (1966).
She was a friend of many poets and writers, including Louis Aragon and Jean Giono. Surrealist poet Philippe Soupault published a book on her and her work.
She created a TV serie dedicated to poetry, Plain-Chant (1972). She also directed a TV movie after Jean Giono's novel Jean le Bleu (1979).
In 2009, aged 81, she gave a last performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.
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