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Henri Troyat (1 November 1911 – 2 March 2007)[1] was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist of Armenian descent.

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Biography

Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian (Russian: Лев Асланович Тарасов, Lev Aslanovich Tarasov) in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent[2]. His family fled Russia in anticipation of revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in Tant que la terre durera.

Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.

Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.

Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.

Elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest-serving member.

Bibliography

  • 1935: Faux Jour (Plon)
  • 1935: Le Vivier (Plon)
  • 1936: Grandeur nature (Plon)
  • 1937: La Clef de voûte (Plon)
  • 1938: L’Araigne (Plon)
  • 1939: La Fosse commune (Plon)
  • 1940: Dostoïevski (Fayard)
  • 1941: Le Jugement de Dieu (Plon)
  • 1942: Le mort saisit le vif (Plon)
  • 1945: Du Philanthrope à la Rouquine (Flammarion)
  • 1945: Le Signe du taureau (Plon)
  • 1946: Les Ponts de Paris (Flammarion)
  • 1946: Pouchkine (Plon)
  • 1946: Les Vivants, pièce en trois actes (Bonne)
  • 1947: Tant que la terre durera, t. I (La Table ronde)
  • 1948: Le Sac et la Cendre, Tant que la terre durera, t. II (La Table ronde)
  • 1948: La Case de l’oncle Sam (La Table ronde)
  • 1949: Sébastien, pièce en trois actes (Opéra)
  • 1950: Étrangers sur la terre, Tant que la terre durera, t. III (La Table ronde)
  • 1951: La Tête sur les épaules (Plon)
  • 1952: La Neige en deuil (Flammarion)
  • 1952: L’Étrange Destin de Lermontov (Plon)
  • 1953: Les Semailles et les Moissons, t. I (Plon)
  • 1955: De Gratte-ciel en cocotier (Plon)
  • 1955: Amélie, Les Semailles et les Moissons, t. II (Plon)
  • 1956: La Maison des bêtes heureuses (Bias)
  • 1956: Sainte Russie, souvenirs et réflexions suivi de l’Assassinat d’Alexandre II (Grasset)
  • 1956: La Grive, Les Semailles et les Moissons, t. III (Plon)
  • 1957: Tendre et violente Elisabeth, Les Semailles et les Moissons, t. IV (Plon)
  • 1958: La Rencontre, Les Semailles et les Moissons, t. V (Plon)
  • 1958: Naissance d’une Dauphine (Gallimard)
  • 1959: La Vie quotidienne en Russie au temps du dernier tsar (Hachette)
  • 1959: La Lumière des justes. Tome I : Les Compagnons du Coquelicot. (Flammarion)
  • 1960: La Lumière des justes. Tome II : La Barynia. (Flammarion)
  • 1961: La Lumière des justes. Tome III : La Gloire des vaincus. (Flammarion)
  • 1962: La Lumière des justes. Tome IV : Les Dames de Sibérie. (Flammarion)
  • 1963: Une extrême amitié (La Table ronde)
  • 1963: La Lumière des justes. Tome V : Sophie ou la Fin des combats. (Flammarion)
  • 1964: Le Geste d’Ève (Flammarion)
  • 1965: Les Eygletière, t. I (Flammarion)
  • 1965: Tolstoï (Fayard)
  • 1966: La Faim des lionceaux, Les Eygletière, t. II (Flammarion)
  • 1967: La Malandre, Les Eygletière, t. III (Flammarion)
  • 1968: Les Héritiers de l’avenir. Tome I : Le Cahier. (Flammarion)
  • 1969: Les Héritiers de l’avenir. Tome II : Cent un coups de canon. (Flammarion)
  • 1970: Les Héritiers de l’avenir. Tome III : L’Éléphant blanc. (Flammarion)
  • 1971: Gogol (Flammarion)
  • 1972: La Pierre, la Feuille et les Ciseaux (Flammarion)
  • 1973: Anne Prédaille (Flammarion)
  • 1974: Le Moscovite, t. I (Flammarion)
  • 1974: Les Désordres secrets, Le Moscovite, t. II (Flammarion)
  • 1975: Les Feux du matin, Le Moscovite, t. III (Flammarion)
  • 1976: Un si long chemin (Stock)
  • 1976: Le Front dans les nuages (Flammarion)
  • 1976: Grimbosq (Flammarion)
  • 1977: Catherine la Grande (Flammarion)
  • 1978: Le Prisonnier n° I (Flammarion)
  • 1979: Pierre le Grand (Flammarion)
  • 1980: Viou (Flammarion)
  • 1981: Alexandre I er (Flammarion)
  • 1982: Le Pain de l’étranger (Flammarion)
  • 1982: Ivan le Terrible (Flammarion)
  • 1983: La Dérision (Flammarion)
  • 1984: Tchekhov (Flammarion)
  • 1984: Marie Karpovna (Flammarion)
  • 1985: Tourgueniev (Flammarion)
  • 1985: Le Bruit solitaire du cœur (Flammarion)
  • 1986: À demain, Sylvie (Flammarion)
  • 1986: Gorki (Flammarion)
  • 1987: Le Troisième Bonheur (Flammarion)
  • 1988: Toute ma vie sera mensonge (Flammarion)
  • 1988: Flaubert (Flammarion)
  • 1989: Maupassant (Flammarion)
  • 1989: La Gouvernante française (Flammarion)
  • 1990: La Femme de David (Flammarion)
  • 1990: Alexandre II, le tsar libérateur (Flammarion)
  • 1991: Aliocha (Flammarion)
  • 1991: Nicolas II, le dernier tsar (Flammarion)
  • 1992: Youri (Flammarion)
  • 1992: Zola (Flammarion)
  • 1993: Verlaine (Flammarion)
  • 1993: Le Chant des Insensés (Flammarion)
  • 1994: Baudelaire (Flammarion)
  • 1994: Le Marchand de masques (Flammarion)
  • 1995: Balzac (Flammarion)
  • 1995: Le Défi d’Olga (Flammarion)
  • 1996: Votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur (Flammarion)
  • 1996: Raspoutine (Flammarion)
  • 1997: L’Affaire Crémonnière (Flammarion)
  • 1997: Juliette Drouet (Flammarion)
  • 1998: Le Fils du satrape (Grasset)
  • 1998: Terribles tsarines (Grasset)
  • 1999: Les turbulences d’une grande famille (Grasset)
  • 1999: Namouna ou la chaleur animale (Grasset)
  • 2000: Nicolas Ier (Librairie académique Perrin)
  • 2000: La Ballerine de Saint-Pétersbourg (Plon)
  • 2001: Marina Tsvetaena : L'éternelle insurgée (Grasset)
  • 2001: La Fille de l'écrivain (Grasset)
  • 2002: L'Étage des bouffons (Grasset)
  • 2004: La Fiancée de l'ogre (Grasset)
  • 2004: Alexandre III (Grasset)
  • 2004: La Baronne et le musicien (Grasset)
  • 2005: Alexandre Dumas. Le cinquième mousquetaire (Grasset)
  • 2006: La Traque (Grasset)
  • 2006: Pasternak (Grasset)
  • 2008: Boris Godunov (Flammarion)
  • 2009: Le Pas du juge (Bernard de Fallois)
  • 2009: La folie des anges (Bernard de Fallois)

References

  1. ^ Académie française: Latest news. Some sources report that he died on 4 March 2007.
  2. ^ Staff writers (5 March 2007). "Eminent French writer Troyat dies". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6418301.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-07.  

External links

Académie Française Seat 28

Simple English

Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov, (November 1, 1911 – March 2, 2007[1]) was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist. Originally, his family was from Armenia.

He was born in Moscow. His family fled Russia, because they feared the coming revolution. After a long exile, the family settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree.

He won his first literary award at the age of 24, "le prix du Roman populaire". At the age of 27 he was awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt.

He published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. He was at his death the dean of the Académie française.

His best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.

References

  1. ↑ Académie française: Latest news. Some sources report that he died on 4 March 2007.

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