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Alain

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Also known as Émile Auguste Chartier, Emile Auguste Chartier, Émile Chartier

French philosopher (1868–1951)

OverviewAI-generated

Alain, the pseudonym of Émile Chartier, was a French male artist active in genres including alternative rock, chanson, and chanson française. Born in France, he lived from 1868 to 1951, with records listing his birth date as either March 3, 1868, or March 13, 1866. He died on June 2, 1951.

The artist is associated with five works according to Crossref data. On Last.fm, the name Alain corresponds to an artist profile with 1,406 listeners and 8,537 plays, tagged with deep house, de staat, and wait for evolution. The subject is referenced by 88 other encyclopedia articles.

Note: Open Library data for "Alain Badiou" (born 1937) is excluded as it refers to a different individual.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
17 January 1937
Works
168

Top works

  • St. Paul
  • A Political Life: 1937 - 1985
  • Mallarmé, le théâtre, la tribu
  • Notre mal vient de plus loin
  • Nos mai 68

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1947-12-01
Active to
2009-03-14
alternative rockchansonchanson françaisefrenchfrench chansonfrench pop

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,406
Total plays
8,537

Tags

deep housede staatwait for evolution

There are multiple artists with this name 1 - Alain Naughton, UK, who records and remixes music in his spare time. 2 - Jehan Alain, a French 20th century composer for Organ <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alain">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Alain

Key facts

Born
Émile-Auguste Chartier , 3 March 1868, Mortagne-au-Perche , Orne , France
Died
2 June 1951 (aged 83), Le Vésinet , France
Political party
Radical Party , CVIA
Spouse
Gabrielle Landormy
Education
École Normale Supérieure (B.A., 1892)
Academic advisor
Jules Lagneau [ fr ]
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Continental philosophy
Notable students
Georges Canguilhem , Simone Weil
Main interests
Political philosophy

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Émile-Auguste Chartier ( French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ([alɛ̃]), was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.