Annie Bentoiu

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Annie Bentoiu
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BornAnnie Deculescu
(1927-05-01)1 May 1927
Bucharest
Died21 December 2015(2015-12-21) (aged 88)
NationalityRomanian
Notable worksShe translated Romanian literature into French.[1]
Notable awardsWas awarded the Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations in 1979, 1983 and 1991.
SpousePascal Bentoiu
RelativesConstantin 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

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Annie Bentoiu" (in română). Humanitas.
  2. ^ "Suferinţă şi adevăr: In Memoriam Annie Bentoiu" (in română). Radio Free Europe. December 22, 2015.
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Annie Bentoiu" (in română and français). PEN România. March 7, 2011.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 "Instalarea comunismului văzută prin ochii unei familii". Revista 22 (in română). May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 Publications, Europa (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry. p. 30. ISBN 1857431782.
  6. ^ "Annie Bentoiu (1927-2016)" (in français). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.[permanent dead link‍]
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