Henri Troyat

Henri Troyat
Troyat in 1943
Born
Lev Aslanovich Tarasov

(1911-11-01)1 November 1911
Moscow, Russia
Died2 March 2007(2007-03-02) (aged 95)
Paris, France
Resting placeMontparnasse Cemetery
Occupation
LanguageFrench
EducationLycée Pasteur
Period1935–2010
Notable awardsPrix Goncourt (1938)

Henri Troyat (born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov; 1 November [O.S. 19 October] 1911 – 2 March 2007) was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist.