Constant Marie | |
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![]() 1900 portrait | |
Born | Sainte-Houvrince,
Calvados, France | 17 August 1838
Died | 17 August 1910 | (aged 72)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Mason, shoemaker |
Known for | Anarchist songs |
Constant Marie, known as Le Père Lapurge (17 August 1838 – 5 August 1910) was a French communard, shoemaker, anarchist and poet. He was the author of several popular revolutionary songs.
Constant Marie was born on 27 August 1838 in Sainte-Houvrince, Calvados. [1] He began work as a bricklayer. He participated in the Paris Commune, and was wounded in the fighting at the Vanves fort. [2]
Due to his injuries Constant Marie was forced to change occupation to become a shoemaker. He became an anarchist and began to compose revolutionary songs. [2] Within twelve years of the fall of the commune in 1871, Constant Marie's songs had become very popular in some circles. [3] Constant Marie often performed at festivities of anarchist groups. He came to the attention of the police, who searched his house on 1 July 1894 and seized books and the texts of his songs. He was arrested and charged with "membership of a criminal conspiracy." He spent several weeks in the Mazas Prison. [2] As a young man the anarchist, journalist and then Communist activist Fernand Desprès (1879–1949) worked as a shoemaker with Constant Marie. [4]
Constant Marie died on 5 August 1910. [1]
Le Père Lapurge ("Father Purge") was published in 1886 in the Calais anarchist newspaper La Révolte des Affamés. Constant Marie's other well-known songs included Dame dynamite and La Muse rouge. This last gave its name in 1901 to a famous group of revolutionary poets and singers. [2] By 1891 he was also known for Révolté, Jacques normand, Tocsin and Affranchie. [5] His songs continued to be performed in cabarets after the turn of the century. [3]
Constant Marie | |
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![]() 1900 portrait | |
Born | Sainte-Houvrince,
Calvados, France | 17 August 1838
Died | 17 August 1910 | (aged 72)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Mason, shoemaker |
Known for | Anarchist songs |
Constant Marie, known as Le Père Lapurge (17 August 1838 – 5 August 1910) was a French communard, shoemaker, anarchist and poet. He was the author of several popular revolutionary songs.
Constant Marie was born on 27 August 1838 in Sainte-Houvrince, Calvados. [1] He began work as a bricklayer. He participated in the Paris Commune, and was wounded in the fighting at the Vanves fort. [2]
Due to his injuries Constant Marie was forced to change occupation to become a shoemaker. He became an anarchist and began to compose revolutionary songs. [2] Within twelve years of the fall of the commune in 1871, Constant Marie's songs had become very popular in some circles. [3] Constant Marie often performed at festivities of anarchist groups. He came to the attention of the police, who searched his house on 1 July 1894 and seized books and the texts of his songs. He was arrested and charged with "membership of a criminal conspiracy." He spent several weeks in the Mazas Prison. [2] As a young man the anarchist, journalist and then Communist activist Fernand Desprès (1879–1949) worked as a shoemaker with Constant Marie. [4]
Constant Marie died on 5 August 1910. [1]
Le Père Lapurge ("Father Purge") was published in 1886 in the Calais anarchist newspaper La Révolte des Affamés. Constant Marie's other well-known songs included Dame dynamite and La Muse rouge. This last gave its name in 1901 to a famous group of revolutionary poets and singers. [2] By 1891 he was also known for Révolté, Jacques normand, Tocsin and Affranchie. [5] His songs continued to be performed in cabarets after the turn of the century. [3]