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Henri Troyat

Born

in Moscow, Russian Federation

November 01, 1911

Died

March 02, 2007

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction, History

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Troyat 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 an ...more

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	Catherine the Great 4.09 avg rating — 3,025 ratings — published 1977 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tolstoy by Henri Troyat, Nancy Amphoux (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 767 ratings — published 1965 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Homme rapaill茅 3.94 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ivan the Terrible by Henri Troyat, Joan Pinkham (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 1982 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rasputine 3.67 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 1990 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La neige en deuil 3.51 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 1952 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aliocha 3.77 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 1991 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷: 丨賷丕鬲賴 - 兀毓賲丕賱賴 by Henri Troyat, 賴賳乇賷鬲乇賵賷丕, 毓賱賷亘丕卮丕 (鬲乇噩賲丞) 4.13 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1940 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Eygleti猫re (Les Eygleti猫re, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1965 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter the Great 4.05 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 1979 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Suite romanesque: La Lumi猫re des Justes (6 books)
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“丕賱廿賷賲丕賳賱丕賷購賮爻乇賵賱丕賷購卮乇丨貙賵賱丕賷購賵氐賶兀賵賷購丐賲乇亘賴.”
― Henri Troyat, 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷: 丨賷丕鬲賴 - 兀毓賲丕賱賴

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“if monasteries accepted the irreligious and permitted abstention from prayer, I'd become a monk.”
― Henri Troyat, Chekhov

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“廿匕丕賰丕賳鬲丕賱孬賵乇丞賯丿賮卮賱鬲貙賮廿賳丕賱丨乇賰丕鬲賵丕賱丕囟胤乇丕亘丕鬲丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞賱丕鬲鬲賵賯賮.”
― Henri Troyat, 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷: 丨賷丕鬲賴 - 兀毓賲丕賱賴

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