Annie Bentoiu (1 May 1927 – 21 December 2015) was a Romanian-born Swiss writer and translator. The daughter of Constantin Deculescu, a Romanian doctor and politician, and Violette Bujord, a native of Switzerland, she was born Annie Deculescu in Bucharest and grew up there and in Oltenița. She attended the in Bucharest, going on to study law at the University of Bucharest and literature and history at the . In 1949, she married composer

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. She translated Romanian literature into French. She was awarded the Prix de l'Union des Écrivains for her translations in 1979, 1983 and 1991. In 2000, she was awarded a medal by the President of Romania for her work in translating the works of

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Selected works

* ''Strada Mare'' novel (in Romanian) (1969) as Adriana Vlad * ''Poèmes I/II'' poetry (in French) (1989) * ''Dix méditations sur une rose'' poetry (in French) (1989) * ''Phrases pour la vie quotidienne'' poetry (in French) (1990) * ''Timpul ce ni s-a dat'' volume 1 memoir (in Romanian) (2000) * ''Timpul ce ni s-a dat'' volume 2 memoir (in Romanian) (2006) * ''Voyage en Moldavie'' (in French) (2001) * ''Une liberté désenchantée'' (in French) (2009)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bentoiu, Annie 1927 births 2015 deaths Writers from Bucharest Romanian emigrants to Switzerland University of Bucharest alumni Romanian novelists Romanian memoirists Romanian translators Romanian writers in French Romanian women writers Women memoirists 20th-century translators