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Birth Name: Antoine Pol
Born: 23 August 1888 Died: 21 June 1971
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Antoine Pol was a French poet.
As an artillery captain, he fought in the First World War, and later worked at the Houve mines in Strasbourg in 1919.
In 1945, he became president of the Central Syndicate of Carbon Importers of France. When he retired in 1959, he was finally able to pursue his passions: poetry, books and butterflies.
Pol is primarily known as the author of the poem Les Passantes, set to music and interpreted by Georges Brassens in 1972 in his album Fernande. Fabrizio de André translated the song into Italian in his album Canzoni, which came out in 1974. Brassens' adaptation omitted two stanzas; Richard Parreau
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