Hector Bianciotti (; 18 March 1930 – 12 June 2012) was an Argentine-born French author and member of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

Biography

Born Héctor Bianciotti (, ) in Calchín Oeste in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from

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, who communicated among themselves in the language 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. Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding

André Frossard André Frossard (14 January 1915 – 2 February 1995) was a French journalist and essayist. Early life André Frossard was born on 14 January 1915 in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Doubs, France. His father, Louis-Oscar Frossardan, was one of ...

. He died on 12 June 2012.

Honours and awards

*Officer of the Légion d'honneur (''

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleo ...

'') *Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's estab ...

(''National Order of Merit'') *

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...

(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) * 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

External links

L'Académie française
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