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Henri Troyat

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Henri Troyat

Aliases: Lev Aslanovich Tarasov / Лев Асланович Тарасов
Pen Names: Henri TroyatPen name for literary works

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1911-11-01 (Moscow, Russia)
Died
2007-03-02 (Paris, France) age 95
Nationality
French, Russian
Languages
French
Residence History
Moscow (ca. 1911-1917) → Caucasus, Crimea, Istanbul, Venice to Paris (1920-2007)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Biographer, Historian
Active Years
1935-2010
Affiliations
Académie Française
Memberships
Académie Française
Influenced
Russian literati

Education

Lycée Pasteur
Law
Degree: 法学学位
Country: France

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1938
Work: L’Araigne
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Le prix du roman populaire
1935
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La neige en deuil

1952 Novel

A tragic story set in the mountains, adapted into the film 'The Mountain'.

FamilyFateNature
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Mountain / Edward Dmytryk (1956)

Bibliography

  • Faux Jour (1935), Le Vivier (1935), ... (full list omitted due to length)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Fluid narrativeHistorical detail
Recurring Motifs
Russian RevolutionFamily sagasExile

Legacy

Russian-French writer, Académie Française member for decades, authored over 100 books.

In Popular Culture

  • Fictionalized in 2014-2015 Image Comics series MPH.

Trivia

  • Of Armenian heritage.
  • Lived to 95.