Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg sits in a category of his own for me. Born in the 4th arrondissement of Paris in 1928 and gone in 1991, he was a singer-songwriter, composer, actor, and director regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop. His releases were relentlessly provocative, dividing the country again and again, and he earned a César Award for film music in 1996. What I love is that he never sanded down his danger, his sensuality, or his intellect to be palatable. Artists still discussed long after death are usually these flawed, fearless, brutally honest geniuses.

Name (English)

Serge Gainsbourg

Name (Japanese)

セルジュ・ゲンスブール

Reading

せるじゅ・げんすぶーる

Born

April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

4th arrondissement of Paris, France

Occupation

actor / composer / film director / pianist / jazz musician

Awards & achievements

• 1996 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
• 1985 Victory of the album
• 1990 Victory of honor
• 1985 Victoire de la pochette de disques

• Official sitehttps://www.universalmusic.fr/serge-gainsbourg/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge%20Gainsbourg
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1698

Tags

• actor
• composer
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.