Hector Bianciotti

Hector Bianciotti (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ bjɑ̃ʃoti]; born 19 March 1930) is an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.

Biography

Born Héctor Bianciotti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈektor βjanˈtʃoti]) in Calchin Oeste in Córdoba Province (Argentina), Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the dialect 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 favorite.

Hector Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard.

Honours and awards

• Officer of the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor)
• Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit)
• Prix Femina (1985) for Sans la miséricorde du Christ

Bibliography

• 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

This article incorporates information from the revision as of March 11, 2006 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

External links

• L'Académie française (French)