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Pushkin
English, French (translation)
656 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1951
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Henri Troyat
507 books271 followersTroyat was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist.
Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
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Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
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September 28, 2016
Една от най-интересните книги за живота на Пушкин. Написана по много увлекателен начин. Още от самото начало историята грабва, както и в другите книги на Троая.
August 21, 2017
I read this book about 20 years ago. I thought it was a fascinating, comprehensive biography of Pushkin.
November 7, 2020
Troyat's biographies of Russian writers are brilliant. A joy to read.
August 6, 2012
Finished this book with a heavy heart .Pushkin's life was a mixture of too much of pleasure or sorrow at any given time of his life. Henri Troyat has done an excellent job filling us in on how Pushkin's life was ona day to day basis. He has done it either by accounts of Pushkin's acquaintences' written records or sometimes his logical speculation. This is the second Russian Biography that I throughlky enjoyed. First one was Robert Massie's "Peter the Great"
Both Robert and Henri has done a very good job of bringing the Russian life of 17th and 18th century vividly in front of us which is very hard to do. I would suggest this book for anybody who is interested in Pushkin, I was drawn to this book because I was learning Pushkin's poems as part of my Russian class. So far I have learned Bronze horse man (Prologue) Медный всадник , Winter evening зимний вечер, Winter morning ЗИМНЕЕ УТРО and Ruslan & Ludmila by heart and I can recite these in Russian fluently. So I throughly enjoyed the biography of one my favorite poets. I wish Henri has written similar book on Lermentov...
Both Robert and Henri has done a very good job of bringing the Russian life of 17th and 18th century vividly in front of us which is very hard to do. I would suggest this book for anybody who is interested in Pushkin, I was drawn to this book because I was learning Pushkin's poems as part of my Russian class. So far I have learned Bronze horse man (Prologue) Медный всадник , Winter evening зимний вечер, Winter morning ЗИМНЕЕ УТРО and Ruslan & Ludmila by heart and I can recite these in Russian fluently. So I throughly enjoyed the biography of one my favorite poets. I wish Henri has written similar book on Lermentov...
August 11, 2015
Troyat knows everything! An engaging book.
September 22, 2022
One of Troyat’s many great Russian literary and monarchical biographies.
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