- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLev Aslanovitch Tarassov
- Henri Troyat was born on November 1, 1911 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a writer and actor, known for Le mouton à cinq pattes (1954), La neige en deuil (1956) and Le feu de paille (1939). He was married to Marguerite Saintagne. He died on March 2, 2007 in Paris, France.
- SpouseMarguerite Saintagne(September 23, 1948 - February 1997) (her death, 1 child)
- Also lived in Istanbul and Venice before his family settling in Paris in 1920.
- Inducted into L'Académie française in 1959, making him the most longstanding member to date.
- Is survived by his two children.
- Never returned to his homeland of Russia, preferring instead to keep alive the Russia of his childhood memories and dreams.
- Published his final novel, La Traque, when he was 94. He has published over 100 works in his career.
- "The snow is cleaner in my dreams," - on why he never returned to Russia, even after the fall of the Soviet Union, preferring instead to keep alive his childhood memories.
- Success means nothing. I know what I'm talking about - at the very beginning of my life, I saw my parents lose everything in a reversal of fortune, and I kept that lesson in mind.
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