Gilles Verlant

{{Short description|Belgian journalist}}

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Gilles Verlant (11 June 1957 – 20 September 2013) was a Belgian journalist, best known as a music critic and rock expert.[http://www.critiqueslibres.com/i.php/vcrit/34261 La scandaleuse histoire du rock] critiqueslibres.com He was also Serge Gainsbourg's friend and wrote his definitive biography.{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2013/09/20/le-journaliste-musical-gilles-verlant-est-mort_3481797_3382.html |title=Le journaliste musical Gilles Verlant est mort |work=Le Monde|access-date=2013-10-20}} He died from falling down a set of stairs.{{Cite web|title=iJamming.net » Gilles Verlant: A Tribute|url=http://www.ijamming.net/gilles-verlant-a-tribute/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426025809/http://www.ijamming.net/gilles-verlant-a-tribute/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 April 2014|access-date=2020-09-26|language=en-US}}

Work

Verlant published regularly in the following magazines:

Verlant has written the following books:

  • {{cite book | title=Gainsbourg | first1=Gilles | last1=Verlant | first2=Jean-Dominique | last2=Brierre | first3=Stéphane | last3=Deschamps | publisher=Albin Michel | year=2000| isbn=2-226-12060-2 }}
  • {{cite book | title=Françoise Hardy, ma vie intérieure | first1=Gilles | last1=Verlant | publisher=Albin Michel | year=2002 | isbn=2-226-13446-8 }}
  • {{cite book | first=Gilles | last=Verlant | publisher=Albin Michel | year=2002 | title=Balavoine | isbn=2-226-12558-2 }}
  • {{cite book | title=L'odyssée du rock | first1=Florent | last1=Mazzoleni | first2=Gilles | last2=Verlant | publisher=Hors collection | year=2004 | isbn=2-258-06474-0 }}
  • {{cite book | title=Pop model | first2=Gilles | last2=Verlant | last1=Lio | author-link=Lio (singer) | publisher=J'ai lu | year=2005 | isbn=2-290-34721-3 }}
  • {{cite book |first1=Jean-Éric |last1=Perrin |authorlink1=:fr:Jean-Éric Perrin |first2=Jerôme |last2=Rey |first3=Gilles |last3=Verlant |title=Les Miscellanées du rock |year=2009 |location=Paris |publisher=Éditions Fetjaine / La Martinière |isbn=978-2-35425-130-7 }}

See also

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