Philippe Tatartcheff

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Philippe Tatartcheff (born in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Canadian poet and songwriter who grew up in Timmins, Ontario. His father, Dr. Michael Tatartcheff was a Physician-Surgeon there from 1953 to 1974. And his grandfather Dr. Assen Tatartcheff was a member of the Macedonian Liberation Front IMRE. In Switzerland the family was from the Cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel and Fribourg. Philippe Tatartcheff is best known as the lyricist for French language songs by folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle.