"Chanson pour l’Auvergnat" (in English: "Song for the Auvergnat") is a song by French singer-songwriter Georges Brassens, released in 1954 on his third album, Les Sabots d'Hélène. It was recorded on October 28, 1954, and was later included in an anthology published by Éditions Seghers as part of the Poètes d'aujourd'hui collection. Written, composed, and performed by Brassens, the song is an apologue and more specifically a fable, and presents a renrewed spirit and form to the genre.
According to some sources, the song may have been inspired by the "insurrection of kindness" (in French: "L'insurrection de la bonté"), an appeal made by Abbé Pierre during the cold wave of winter 1954 in France to help the homeless. However, this hypothesis does not appear to be supported by any specific documentary evidence. According to Jacques Vassal, a biographer of Georges Brassens, the singer never met Abbé Pierre.
Cafés-charbons were establishments in Paris that combined the sale of wine and other beverages with the retail and delivery of coal. They were closely associated with Auvergnat migrants, known as bougnats, and the establishments themselves came to be called bougnats by metonymy.
Anders And & Co. is a Danish comics magazine featuring characters created by Walt Disney. It was the first Danish comics magazine devoted exclusively to Disney characters. The first issue was published on 1 March 1949. The magazine initially appeared monthly, became a fortnightly publication in the mid-1950s, and became a weekly in 1959. It is currently published by Egmont and remains a weekly magazine.
The magazine was launched several months after the Swedish Kalle Anka & C:o and the Norwegian Donald Duck & Co.. Denmark's launch had originally been planned for 1948, but was postponed because of the shortage of paper following World War II The magazine has been published by companies within the Egmont group under several names over the years, including Egmont H. Petersens Fond, Gutenberghus, Serieforlaget, Egmont Serieforlaget and Egmont Publishing Kids. The magazine's main Danish translator was Sonja Rindom, who worked with Anders And & Co. from the early years of its publication until 1981.
The American Center (also known as the Centre américain de Paris) was an American cultural and artistic institution located in Paris, France. Founded in 1934, it served as a prominent venue for cultural exchange, contemporary art, dance, and music, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s, before closing in 1996.