Edith Piaf: My Universe
- ISBN-10
- 1977025064
- ISBN-13
- 9781977025067
- Series
- Édith Piaf
- Pages
- 78
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-28
- Author
- Guy Deloeuvre
Description
The legend stemming from the imagination of a journalist, and maintained by Piaf, gave birth to her on 19 December 1915 in Paris, at 72, rue de Belleville, in the 20th arrondissement, according to the plaque affixed to the house located at this address. Some sources even point out that she was born "on the steps" of the front door of the building, in the pilgrimage of a police officer who would have taken the baby out of her mother's womb. However, according to his birth certificate at the Paris registry office, Édith Giovanna Gassion was born at 4, rue de la Chine, the address of Tenon Hospital, which is actually one of the closest health facilities to Belleville Street. Born in poverty, Édith Piaf is a child of the ball whose ascendants belonged to the entertainment world for two generations.
