Henri Troyat(1911-2007)

Henri Troyat was born on 1 November 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 2 March 2007 in Paris, France.

Known for

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Les semailles et les moissons
6.9
TV Mini Series
- novels (as Henry Troyat)
- 2001
Cinéma 16
6.0
TV Series
- novel (as Henry Troyat)
- 1989
La lumière des justes
7.5
TV Mini Series
- novel (as Henri Troyat de l'Académie Française)
- 1979
Les Eygletière
6.6
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1978
Pouchkine
TV Movie
- novel (as Henry Troyat)
- 1972
Faux-Jour
TV Movie
- dialogue
- novel
- 1965
Grandezza naturale
TV Movie
- play
- 1963
Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada
TV Series
- play
- 1955–1962
Solitaire
TV Movie
- novel
- 1961
Tendre et violente Elisabeth
6.4
- novel (as Henry Troyat)
- 1960
Gangster Boss
5.9
- Writer
- 1959
The Mountain
6.8
- based on the novel by
- 1956
The Sheep Has Five Legs
6.7
- Writer (as Henry Troyat)
- 1954
Maldonne
Short
- short story (as Henry Troyat)
- 1950
Last Chance Castle
4.9
- adaptation
- dialogue (as Henry Troyat, as Henry Troyat)
- 1947

Alternative names
- Henri Troyat de l'Académie Française
Born
- November 1, 1911
- Moscow, Russian Empire
Died
- March 2, 2007
- Paris, France
Spouse
- Marguerite SaintagneSeptember 23, 1948 - February 1997 (her death, 1 child)
Other works
Novel: "Les Eygletière" (filmed as Les Eygletière (1978))

Trivia
Also lived in Istanbul and Venice before his family settling in Paris in 1920.

Quotes
"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.

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