Jean Ferrat was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He was born in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, the son of a post office employee. Ferrat was raised in Avignon, Vaucluse. His parents were atheists and he himself was agnostic. Ferrat studied at the Sorbonne, where he met Georges Brassens. He began his career in the 1950s, with poems set to music, including "Les Copains d'abord" and "La Montagne". Ferrat became popular in the 1950s with songs such as "Ma Môme", "Nuit et Brouillard", and "Les Deux Copains". In the 1960s, he released several overtly political songs, including "Le Chant des partisans", which became the anthem of the French Resistance. Ferrat also wrote love songs, such as "Je ne suis qu'un cœur", "Je t'aime", and "Deux enfants du Soleil". In the 1970s, he released several albums of traditional French songs, including "Les Chansons de Vignerons" and "Les Chansons Populaires". In the 1980s, Ferrat retired from the music industry to focus on poetry. He died of a heart attack in 2010 at the age of 79.

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