Hector Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1930 Córdoba Province, Argentina |
| Died | 12 June 2012 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Argentine French |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist Journalist |
| Known for | Member of the Académie française |
Hector Bianciotti (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ bjɑ̃ʃɔti]; 18 March 1930 – 12 June 2012)[1] was an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born Héctor Bianciotti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeɣtoɾ βjanˈtʃoti], Italian: [bjanˈtʃɔtti]) in Calchín Oeste in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the language of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in France in 1961 and completed his French naturalization in 1981. In 1982, he stopped writing in any language but French, his favourite.
Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard.
He died on 12 June 2012.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Officer of the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)
- Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit)
- Prix Femina (1985) for Sans la miséricorde du Christ
Bibliography
[edit]- 1967: Les Déserts dorés: (Denoël)
- 1969: Celle qui voyage la nuit: (Denoël)
- 1970: Les Autres, un soir d’été: (Gallimard)
- 1972: Ce moment qui s’achève: (Denoël)
- 1977: Le Traité des saisons: (Gallimard)
- 1982: L’Amour n’est pas aimé: (Gallimard)
- 1985: Sans la miséricorde du Christ: (Gallimard)
- 1988: Seules les larmes seront comptées.: (Gallimard)
- 1992: Ce que la nuit raconte au jour (What the Night Tells the Day) : (Grasset) ISBN 1565842405
- 1995: Le Pas si lent de l’amour: (Grasset)
- 1999: Comme la trace de l’oiseau dans l’air: (Grasset)
- 2001: Une passion en toutes lettres: (Gallimard)
- 2003: La nostalgie de la maison de Dieu: (Gallimard)
References
[edit]- ^ "Falleció el escritor argentino Héctor Bianciotti". Clarin.com. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Hector Bianciotti". Academie-francaise. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "French writer Hector Bianciotti dies - World - Books". Ahram Online.
External links
[edit]- L'Académie française (in French)
- 1930 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Argentine emigrants to France
- Argentine male writers
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine writers in French
- Naturalized citizens of France
- Argentine LGBTQ novelists
- French LGBTQ novelists
- Gay novelists
- Members of the Académie Française
- 20th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French male writers
- 21st-century French novelists
- Prix Femina winners
- French people of Italian descent
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Prix Médicis étranger winners
- French male novelists
- 21st-century French male writers