Annie Bentoiu
Annie Bentoiu | |
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Born | Annie Deculescu May 1, 1927 Bucharest |
Died | December 21, 2015 | (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 (May 1, 1927 – December 21, 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 in Bucharest, going on to study law at the University of Bucharest and literature and history at the .[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)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Humanitas.
- ^ "Suferinţă şi adevăr: In Memoriam Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. December 22, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian and French). PEN România. March 7, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Publications, Europa (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry. p. 30. ISBN 1857431782.
- ^ "Annie Bentoiu (1927-2016)" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.[permanent dead link]
- 1927 births
- 2015 deaths
- Writers from Bucharest
- Romanian emigrants to Switzerland
- University of Bucharest alumni
- Romanian novelists
- Romanian memoirists
- Romanian translators
- Romanian writers in French
- Romanian women writers
- Women memoirists
- 20th-century translators