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Henri Troyat, born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov in Moscow in 1911, was a Russian-born French writer, historian, screenwriter, and biographer. He wrote in French and was a member of the Académie Française. His notable works include *Tendre et violente Elisabeth*, *Les semailles et les moissons*, *La lumière des justes - La gloire des vaincus*, *Tant que la terre durera*, and *La tête sur les épaules*.
Troyat received the Prix Goncourt and honors including the Knight, Grand Officer, and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Educated at Lycée Pasteur, he worked in Paris and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and France. He died in Paris in 2007 and is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
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Henri Troyat appears in Vinony's Prix Goncourt collection — one of 249 entries. It also appears in Académie Française.
Vinony's link graph records 223 inbound references to Henri Troyat, and connects out to Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Académie Française and French literature.
It is catalogued under topics including 1911 births, 2007 deaths and 20th-century French male writers.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Tendre et violente Elisabeth.
- Les semailles et les moissons, Tome 1
- La lumière des justes - La gloire des vaincus
- Tant que la terre durera tome 1.
- La tête sur les épaules.
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Film & TV
Moscow, Russia
Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; 1 November [O.S. 19 October] 1911 – 2 March 2007) was a Russian-born French author, biographer, historian and novelist. Lev Aslanovich Tarasov (Russian: Лев Асланович Тарасов, Lev Aslanovich Tarasov) was born in Moscow to parents of mixed heritage, including Armenian, Russian, German and Georgian. In his autobiography, he states that his surname is…
Known for
- 30 millions d'amis — Self1976
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Midi trente — Self1972
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Key facts
- Born
- Lev Aslanovich Tarasov , ( 1911-11-01 ) 1 November 1911, Moscow, Russia
- Died
- 2 March 2007 (2007-03-02) (aged 95), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Occupation
- Novelist biographer historian
- Language
- French
- Education
- Lycée Pasteur
- Period
- 1935–2010
- Notable awards
- Prix Goncourt (1938)
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Official website
Henri Troyat | Site Officiel
Site officielle d'Henri Troyat, en cours de développement.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lev
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- Lycée Pasteur
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- belletristic literature
- Genre
- essay
- Official website
- henritroyat.fr
- Image
- Troyat Harcourt 1943.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Henri Troyat
- date of birth
- 1911-11-01
- member of
- Académie Française
- birth name
- Лев Асланович Тарасов
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Henri Troyat
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- date of death
- 2007-03-02
- writing language
- French
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- pseudonym
- Henri Troyat
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; 1 November [O.S. 19 October] 1911 – 2 March 2007) was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist.
Early life
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