Hector Bianciotti

Hector Bianciotti (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ bjɑ̃ʃɔti]; 18 March 1930 – 12 June 2012)^[1] was an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.^[2]

Hector Bianciotti
Born	(1930-03-18)18 March 1930 Córdoba Province, Argentina
Died	12 June 2012(2012-06-12) (aged 82) Paris, France
Nationality	Argentine French
Occupation(s)	Novelist Journalist
Known for	Member of the Académie française

Biography

Born Héctor Bianciotti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeɣtoɾ βjanˈtʃoti], Italian: [bjanˈtʃɔtti]) in Calchín Oeste in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, 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 favourite.

Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard.

He died on 12 June 2012.^[3]

Honours and awards

• Officer of the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour)
• Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit)
• Prix Femina (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) ISBN 1565842405
• 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)