Line Monty
{{Short description|French-Algerian singer}}
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| other_names = Leïla Fateh
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| birth_place = Algiers
| death_date = 19 August 2003
| death_place = Paris
| nationality = Algerian-French
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| notable_works = Ana Laouliya-Oumi-Alger Alger
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Line Monty, born as Éliane Serfati, also known by her stage name Leïla Fateh (1926 in Algiers – 19 August 2003 in Paris), was a Jewish Algerian singer who sang in Arabic and French.
Career
Emily Gottreich, Daniel J. Schroeter - Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa 2011 - Page 178 "Besides musicians and singers (Yafil, Mouzion, Saoud Medioni, Reinette, Ell Hallali, Raymond Leiris, Line Monty, Alice Fitoussi, Lili Labassi, Blond Blond, and others), I will also consider a few cultural entrepreneurs, such as record ..." She first appeared on a short movie by Alberto Spadolini Nous, les Gitanes in 1950.[https://www.jechantemagazine.net/single-post/2017/04/14/Line-Monty-«-La-Française-qui-chante-si-bien-l’arabe-» Line Monty - La Française qui chante si bien l'arabe] at jechantemagazine.net, retrieved May 10th 2019 In 1952 she started recording on Pathé Marconi's behalf.
A collection of her recordings of Arabic and French songs was released as Trésors de la chanson Judéo-Arabe - Line Monty in France in the early 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5005154|title=Release page on discogs.com|website=discogs.com|access-date=2019-05-11}}
Awards and honours
She gained the Prix Edith Piaf and won the Prix d'Olympia.Hélène Hazera, booklet of
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Category:20th-century Algerian women singers
Category:Jewish women musicians
Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:21st-century Algerian people
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