Edith Piaf at 100: the singer who defined Parisian courage

Saturday is Edith Piaf’s centenary – and it’s fitting to remember a singer who helped shape French national identity in the 20th centuryÉdith Piaf was born 100 years ago on Saturday, around the same time Einstein made a breakthrough with his theory of general relativity. She arrived at the Hospital Tenon in the 20th arrondissement of Paris on 19 December, though according to her own version of events, she was delivered on the front steps of her home at 72 Rue de Bellevil