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Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; 1 November [O.S. 19 October] 1911 – 2 March 2007)[1] was a Russian-born[2] French author, biographer, historian and novelist.

Henri Troyat
Henri Troyat in 1943
BornLev Aslanovich Tarasov
(1911-11-01)1 November 1911 [O.S. 19 October]
Moscow
Died4 March 2007(2007-03-04) (aged 95)
Paris
Resting placeMontparnasse Cemetery
OccupationNovelist, biographer, historian
LanguageFrench
EducationLycée Pasteur
Period1935-2010
Notable awardsPrix Goncourt (1938)
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Early life


Lev Aslanovich Tarasov[3] (Russian: Лев Асланович Тарасов, Lev Aslanovich Tarasov) was born in Moscow to parents of mixed heritage, including Armenian,[4] Russian, German and Georgian. In his autobiography, he states that his surname is Armenian (Torossian), while his maternal grandmother was German and his maternal grandfather was of mixed Georgian and Armenian descent.[5] His family fled Russia after the outbreak of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Istanbul and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in Tant que la terre durera.


Career


Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt. He published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.

Troyat was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving member.


Personal life and death


Troyat's first marriage produced a son before ending in divorce. He later married a widow with a young daughter whom he raised as his own. He died on 4 March 2007 in Paris.[6]

Henri Troyat's resting place in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
Henri Troyat's resting place in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris

Bibliography



References


  1. Académie française: Latest news. Some sources report that he died on 4 March 2007.
  2. The Independent | Obituaries[dead link]
  3. The Independent | Obituaries[dead link]
  4. Staff writers (5 March 2007). "Eminent French writer Troyat dies". BBC News. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  5. Henry Troyat Notes[permanent dead link]
  6. Riding, Alan (6 March 2007). "Henri Troyat, 95, a Force in French Literature, Dies". www.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2022.




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