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Pottier (1816-87) was a French revolutionary poet & songwriter. He emigrated to UK and the US after the defeat of the Paris Commune which he lived through. He was an active member of the First International.
He is best known for composing the original French lyrics to workers' anthem The International (L'Internationale") in 1871 in Paris shortly after the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Paris Commune by the French army.