Hector Bianciotti
Encyclopedia
Hector Bianciotti is an Argentine-born French
author and member of the Académie française
.
, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont
, who communicated among themselves in the dialect of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish
to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in France in 1961 and completed his French naturalization in 1981. In 1982, he stopped writing in any language but French, his favorite.
Hector Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
author and member of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
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Biography
Born Héctor Bianciotti (ˈektor βjanˈtʃoti) in Calchin Oeste in Córdoba Province (Argentina)Córdoba Province (Argentina)
Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...
, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, who communicated among themselves in the dialect of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in France in 1961 and completed his French naturalization in 1981. In 1982, he stopped writing in any language but French, his favorite.
Hector Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard
André Frossard
-Biography:Frossard was born in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Doubs to Louis-Oscar Frossard, one of the historic founders of the Parti communiste français, who was leader of the party for 31 years. His parents raised him an atheist, but when he was 20 years old he converted to Roman Catholicism. He was...
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Honours and awards
- Officer of the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor)
- Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit)
- Prix Femina (1985) for Sans la miséricorde du Christ