Etienne Roda-Gil
Born in a Montauban refugee camp on August 1, 1941, Étienne Roda-Gil has been a
fixture on the French song and rock scene for almost thirty years. Son of a
Spanish Republican fighter who took refuge in Montauban and a mother "who sang
every tango she heard on the radio", Étienne Roda-Gil became a Parisian and
passed his baccalaureate at the Lycée Henri IV. Jeans, flea markets, jackets. It
was in London that Étienne spent the year he turned eighteen. His third novel,
Ibertao, published in 1996 by Stock, follows La Porte marine (Seuil, 1981) and
Mala Pata (Seuil, 1992). Roda-Gil co...
