Annie Bentoiu (1 May 1927 – 21 December 2015) was a Romanian-born Swiss writer and translator.[2][3]
Annie Bentoiu | |
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| Born | Annie Deculescu 1 May 1927 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | 21 December 2015 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Notable works | Translated Romanian literature into French[1] |
| Notable awards | Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations (1979, 1983, 1991) National Order of Merit (Romania), Knight rank (2000) |
| Spouse | Pascal Bentoiu |
| Relatives | Constantin Deculescu (father) Violette Bujord (mother) |
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 in Bucharest, going on to study law at the University of Bucharest and literature and history at the Institut français de Roumanie.[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 the National Order of Merit, Knight rank, by the President of Romania for her work in translating the works of Mihai Eminescu.[3]
Selected works
edit- 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)[3]
References
edit- ^ 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]