Annie Bentoiu
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Born | Annie Deculescu (1927-05-01)1 May 1927 Bucharest |
Died | 21 December 2015(2015-12-21) (aged 88) |
Nationality | Romanian |
Notable works | She translated Romanian literature into French.[1] |
Notable awards | Was awarded the Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations in 1979, 1983 and 1991. |
Spouse | Pascal Bentoiu |
Relatives | Constantin Deculescu (father), Violette Bujord (mother) |
Annie Bentoiu (1 May 1927 – 21 December 2015) was a Romanian-born Swiss writer and translator.[2][3]
The daughter of Constantin Deculescu, a Romanian doctor and politician, and Violette Bujord, a native of Switzerland, she was born Annie Deculescu in Bucharest and grew up there and in Oltenița. She attended the Central School [fr] in Bucharest, going on to study law at the University of Bucharest and literature and history at the Institut français de Roumanie [fr].[4][1][5]
In 1949, she married composer Pascal Bentoiu.[4][5]
She translated Romanian literature into French.[1] She was awarded the Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations in 1979, 1983 and 1991.[6] In 2000, she was awarded a medal by the President of Romania for her work in translating the works of Mihai Eminescu.[3]
Selected works
- Strada Mare novel (in Romanian) (1969) as Adriana Vlad
- Poèmes I/II poetry (in French) (1989)
- Dix méditations sur une rose poetry (in French) (1989)
- Phrases pour la vie quotidienne poetry (in French) (1990)
- Timpul ce ni s-a dat volume 1 memoir (in Romanian) (2000)
- Timpul ce ni s-a dat volume 2 memoir (in Romanian) (2006)
- Voyage en Moldavie (in French) (2001)
- Une liberté désenchantée (in French) (2009)
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References
- ^ a b c "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Humanitas.
- ^ "Suferinţă şi adevăr: In Memoriam Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. December 22, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian and French). PEN România. March 7, 2011.
- ^ a b "Instalarea comunismului văzută prin ochii unei familii". Revista 22 (in Romanian). May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ a b Publications, Europa (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry. Taylor & Francis. p. 30. ISBN 1857431782.
- ^ "Annie Bentoiu (1927-2016)" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.[permanent dead link]