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Hector Bianciotti

エクトル・ビアンショッティ

Ekutoru Bianchotti

Aliases: Héctor Bianciotti

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-03-18 (Calchín Oeste, Córdoba Province, Argentina)
Died
2012-06-12 (Paris, France) age 82
Nationality
Argentine, French
Languages
Spanish, French
Residence History
Córdoba Province, Argentina → Paris, France

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Journalist
Active Years
1961-2012
Affiliations
Académie Française
Memberships
Académie Française (Seat 2)

Awards

Prix Femina
1985
Work: Sans la miséricorde du Christ
Organization: Prix Femina jury
Result: Winner
Prix Méditerranée
1996
Result: Winner
Officer of the Légion d'honneur
Organization: French government
Result: Officer
Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
Organization: French government
Result: Officer

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sans la miséricorde du Christ

1985 Novel

A novel themed around Christ's mercy. Winner of the Prix Femina.

ReligionMercy

Ce que la nuit raconte au jour

1992 Novel

What the Night Tells the Day.

NightMemory

Bibliography

  • Les Déserts dorés (1967)
  • Celle qui voyage la nuit (1969)
  • Les Autres, un soir d’été (1970)
  • Ce moment qui s’achève (1972)
  • Le Traité des saisons (1977)
  • L’Amour n’est pas aimé (1982)
  • Sans la miséricorde du Christ (1985)
  • Seules les larmes seront comptées (1988)
  • Ce que la nuit raconte au jour (1992)
  • Le Pas si lent de l’amour (1995)
  • Comme la trace de l’oiseau dans l’air (1999)
  • Une passion en toutes lettres (2001)
  • La nostalgie de la maison de Dieu (2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
LyricalReligious themes
Recurring Motifs
LoveNightGod

Legacy

Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie Française. Known for winning the Prix Femina with works exploring religion and love.

Trivia

  • Born to Italian immigrants in Argentina.
  • Moved to France in 1961 and naturalized in 1981.
  • Wrote only in French after 1982.
  • Gay; partner was Angelo Rinaldi.