- 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 The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954), The Mountain (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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