Georges Brassens, Sète, France - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

[FR] Brassens fut inhumé non pas au cimetière marin de Sète, mais dans le caveau familal du cimetière du Py, juste au-dessus de l’étang de Thau. Il y est enterré au côté de Joha Heiman, surnommée « Püppchen », le grand amour de sa vie, celle qui lui inspira sa non-demande en mariage... Pour le 15 e anniversaire de sa mort fut planté derrière la sépulture, entre deux cyprès, un pin parasol. Au pied de l’arbre, une oeuvre scellée du peintre sétois Pierre François, sur laquelle on peut lire un extrait de la fameuse “Supplique...” : « Est-ce trop demander sur mon petit lopin. Plantez je vous en prie une espèce de pin. Pin parasol de préférence ».

[EN] Brassens was buried not in the marine cemetery of Sète, but in the family cave of the cemetery of the Py, just above the pond of Thau. There he was buried beside Joha Heiman, nicknamed "Püppchen", the great love of his life, the one that inspired his non-request for marriage ... For the 15 th anniversary of his death was planted behind the grave, between Two cypresses, an umbrella pine. At the foot of the tree, a sealed work of the Sept. painter Pierre François, on which one can read an extract of the famous "Supplique ...": "Is this too much to ask on my small plot. Plant a kind of pine. Parasol pine preferably ".

Description: [FR] Georges Brassens, met en musique et interprète, en s’accompagnant à la guitare, plus d'une centaine de ses poèmes. Outre ses propres textes, il met également en musique des poèmes de François Villon, Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Paul Fort ou encore Louis Aragon. Il reçoit le Grand prix de poésie de l'Académie française en 1967. Il enregistre quatorze albums entre 1952 et 1976. Auteur de chansons populaires françaises, parmi lesquelles : Le Gorille, Les Copains d'abord, Chanson pour l'Auvergnat, Les Amoureux des bancs publics, La Mauvaise Réputation, Je me suis fait tout petit, Les Trompettes de la renommée, Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète… [EN] Georges Brassens, puts in music and interprets, along with the guitar, more than a hundred of his poems. In addition to his own lyrics, he also plays poems by François Villon, Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Paul Fort and Louis Aragon. He received the Grand Prize of poetry of the Académie française in 1967. He recorded fourteen albums between 1952 and 1976. Author of popular French songs, among which : Le Gorille, Les Copains d'abord, Chanson pour l'Auvergnat, Les Amoureux des bancs publics, La Mauvaise Réputation, Je me suis fait tout petit, Les Trompettes de la renommée, Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète… Date of birth: 11/22/1921 Date of death: 11/29/1981 Area of notoriety: Art Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 8h à 18h Fee required?: Yes Web site: [Web Link]

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