Dear readers, I inform you of the October release to editions Perrin's biography Damia, the huge star for years 20-40, which so marked his time. Detailed work of Francesco Rapazzini based on personal correspondence of the great Damia.
Already pre-order at the Fnac.
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Older remember, perhaps, lovers of music hall still love it ...: Damia was the great queen of Parisian nightlife of the interwar it haunted him since the early 10 The music hall is so extraordinary that crucible in which writers meet (Colette, Giono, Morand painters ... (Fujita, Berard, Colin Lempicka), politicians (Blum, La Roque , Cot beer ...), and of course artists (Gabin, Fernandel, Mistinguett ....) The existence of Damia is romantic and bold, sulfur in relation to conventions of the time mistress of men and women (among his many loves, there are the dancer Loie Fuller Chaliapin and Minister Pierre Cot. She is also friends with movie stars (Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Jean Marais ...), filmmakers (René Clair, Abel Gance Duvivier, with whom she shot film) and intellectuals: Federico Garcia Lorca, Max Jacob, Simenon. Jean Genet draws even gestures to create the Divine in "Our Lady of the Flowers". Damia born in the Vosges in Paris has grown into a popular medium that leaks early on, even minor which earned him several trips to home remedies. The street attracts. This beautiful girl who said earlier sometimes reddish brown, is seen dancing: she is a singer. Is this difficult childhood where she was not yet so unloved, it retains a melancholy that only drugs or alcohol make him forget ... ? Avant-garde in the way of occupying the stage, Damia embodies the values informed observers of German Expressionism in vogue in the 20s. Thus it is both very popular (very "populist") but it also brings together the rich aristocrats, intellectuals and others involved. She will sing for the Popular Front, against the Treaty of Munich and not meddle with the Nazi occupiers. After the war, while Piaf became so famous, Damia to whom she owes much gradually falls into oblivion. Even a special tour of Japan does not rekindle the flame of his audience.
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