Annie Bentoiu

Annie Bentoiu (May 1, 1927 – December 21, 2015) was a Romanian-born Swiss writer and translator.[2][3]

Annie Bentoiu
BornAnnie Deculescu
(1927-05-01)May 1, 1927
Bucharest
DiedDecember 21, 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)

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 a medal by the President of Romania for her work in translating the works of Mihai Eminescu.[3]

Selected works[3]
  • 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
  1. "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Humanitas.
  2. "Suferinţă şi adevăr: In Memoriam Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. December 22, 2015.
  3. "Annie Bentoiu" (in Romanian and French). PEN România. March 7, 2011.
  4. "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.
  5. International Who's Who in Poetry. 2004. p. 30. ISBN 1857431782.
  6. "Annie Bentoiu (1927-2016)" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.
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