Annie Bentoiu Explained

Annie Bentoiu
Birth Name:Annie Deculescu
Birth Date:1 May 1927
Birth Place:Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Nationality:Romanian
Alma Mater:University of Bucharest
Notableworks:Translated Romanian literature into French
Spouse:Pascal Bentoiu
Relatives:Constantin Deculescu (father)
Violette Bujord (mother)
Awards:Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations (1979, 1983, 1991)
National Order of Merit (Romania), Knight rank (2000)

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

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 .[3]

In 1949, she married composer Pascal Bentoiu.[4] [5]

She translated Romanian literature into French.[3] 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.[2]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suferinţă şi adevăr: In Memoriam Annie Bentoiu . . December 22, 2015 . ro.
  2. Web site: Annie Bentoiu . March 7, 2011 . PEN România . ro,fr.
  3. Web site: Annie Bentoiu . . ro.
  4. Web site: Instalarea comunismului văzută prin ochii unei familii . . May 28, 2013 . ro . May 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204806/https://www.revista22.ro/instalarea-comunismului-vazuta-prin-ochii-unei-familii-26649.html . May 29, 2018 . dead .
  5. Book: International Who's Who in Poetry . 30 . 2004 . 1857431782. Publications . Europa . .
  6. Web site: Annie Bentoiu (1927-2016) . Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne . fr .