Serge Rezvani Explained
Serge Rezvani |
Birth Name: | Cyrus Rezvani |
Birth Date: | 1928 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Other Names: | Cyrus Bassiak |
Occupation: | - Painter
- Engraver
- Writer
- Singer-songwriter
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Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is an Iranian painter, engraver, writer[1] (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary"[2]) He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak.
Life
Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father, Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900–1962), and a Jewish mother who had immigrated from Russia. His mother moved with him to France when he was seven years old and spoke only Russian. He attended a boarding school for Russian immigrants, where he learned French.[3]
Rezvani has written over 40 novels, 15 plays, and two poetry collections. He is the author of more than 150 songs, including the famous , sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim, as well as , also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian). Rezvani also wrote two songs for Godart's Pierrot le fou: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina sing, Jamais je ne t'ai dit que je t'aimerais toujours, ô mon amour and Ma ligne de chance.[4]
After losing his first wife, Lula, to Alzheimer's in 2004, in mid-2005, he re-established acquaintance with the French actress Marie-José Nat, who was then the widow of Michel Drach. The two couples had known each other and had briefly met in the 1960s. Serge and Marie-José married on 30 September 2005, aware (as they said) that they would have only a few more years to live, and he wrote a book about their relationship, Ultime amour.[5] Rezvani lived with Marie-José Nat in Bonifacio until her death in October 2019.[6]
Work
Bibliography
Novels, tales and autobiographical writings
- Book: Les Années-lumière . Paris . . 1967 . 445 .
- Book: Les Années Lula . Paris . Flammarion . 1968 .
- Book: Les Américanoïaques . Paris . C. Bourgois . 1970 . 2-9514990-4-3 .
- Book: Coma . Paris . C. Bourgois . 1970 . 157 .
- Book: La Voie de l'Amérique . Paris . C. Bourgois . 1970 . 483 .
- Book: Mille aujourd'hui . Paris . Stock . 1972 . 453 .
- Book: Feu . Paris . Stock . 1973 . 2-234-00639-2 . 344 .
- Book: Fokouli . Paris . Stock . 1974 . 2-234-00166-8 . 425 .
- Book: Chansons silencieuses . Paris . Union générale d'éditions . 10-18 . 1975 . 2-264-01172-6 . 188 .
- Book: Le Portrait ovale . Paris . Gallimard . 1976 . 2-07-029392-0 . 174 .
- Book: Le Canard du doute . Paris . Stock . 1979 . 2-234-01000-4 . 279 .
- Book: Le voyage d'hiver . Hachette . Saisons . 1979 .
- Book: Divagation sentimentale dans les Maures . Paris . Hachette . 1979 . 2-85108-228-0 . 113 .
- Book: La Table d'asphalte, récits . Paris . Ramsay . Domaine romanesque . 1980 . 2-85956-136-6 . 238 .
- Book: Le Testament amoureux . Paris . Stock . 1981 . 2-234-01499-9 . 547 .
- Book: La Loi humaine . Paris . Seuil . 1983 . 2-02-006544-4 . 29 .
- Book: Variations sur les jours et les nuits, journal . Paris . Seuil . 1985 . 2-02-008601-8 . 399 .
- Book: La nuit transfigurée . Paris . . 1986 . 2-02-009154-2 . 293 .
- Book: J'avais un ami . Paris . C. Bourgois . 1987 . 2-267-00511-5 . 152 .
- Book: Le 8e fléau . Paris . Julliard . 1989 . 2-260-00636-1 . 169 .
- Book: Phénix . Paris . . 1990 . 2-07-072084-5 . 165 .
- Book: L'anti-portrait ovale . Paris . Deyrolle . 1991 . 2-908487-10-1 . 64 .
- Book: . Paris . Stock . 1992 . 2-234-02482-X . 394 .
- Book: Les repentirs du peintre . Paris . Stock . 1993 . 2-234-02610-5 . 257 .
- Book: Processus . Jannink . 1994 . 2-902462-30-1 . 48 .
- Book: L'énigme . Arles . . 1995 . 2-7427-0588-0 . 233 .
- Book: Fous d'échecs . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 1997 . 2-7427-1030-2 . 270 .
- Book: La cité Potemkine ou Les géométries de Dieu . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 1998 . 2-7427-1846-X . 449 .
- Book: Un fait divers esthétique . Arles . Actes Sud . 1999 . 2-7427-2162-2 . 250 .
- Book: L'origine du monde, pour une ultime histoire de l'art à propos du "cas Bergamme" . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 2000 . 2-7427-2878-3 . 402 .
- Book: Le vol du feu . Arles . Actes Sud . Babel . 2000 . 2-7427-2550-4 . 525 .
- Book: Le roman d'une maison . Arles . Actes Sud . Archives privées . 2001 . 2-7427-3314-0 . 157 .
- Book: L'amour en face, ciné-roman . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 2002 . 2-7427-3928-9 . 251 .
- Book: L'éclipse . Arles . Actes Sud . 2003 . 2-7427-4352-9 . 174 .
- Book: Venise qui bouge . Arles . Actes Sud . 2004 . 2-7427-5333-8 . 122 .
- Book: Critique de Voluptés de la déveine Les voluptés de la déveine, nouvelles drolatiques . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 2004 . 2-7427-4759-1 . 144 .
- Book: Le magicien ou L'ultime voyage initiatique . Arles . Actes Sud . Domaine français . 2006 . 2-7427-6263-9 . 249 .
- Book: Au bonheur des sphères . Arles . Actes Sud . 2006 . 2-7427-6551-4 . 60 .
- Book: Le dresseur . Paris . Le Cherche Midi . 2009 . 978-2-7491-1230-5 . 300 .
- Book: Ultime amour . Les Belles Lettres . L'Exception . 2012 . 978-2-251-44430-7 . 160 .
- Book: Vers les confins . Les Belles Lettres . L'Exception . 2014 . 978-2-251-44484-0 . 392 .
- Book: Le corps d'Hélène . Les Belles Lettres . 2015 . 978-2-251-44538-0 . 160 .
- Book: Le tourbillon de ma vie - Conversation with Michel Martin-Roland . Écriture . Entretiens . 2015 . 978-2-359-05204-6 . 250 .
- Book: Histoire masquée . Paris . Les Belles Lettres . L'Exception . 2018 . 9782251448343 . 240 .
Theatre
- Book: C. Bourgois . Théâtre (Body - L'Immobile - Le Cerveau) . Paris . 1970 . 269.
- Book: Stock . Théâtre ouvert . Le Rémora, pièce en 2 actes . Paris . 1970 . 114.
- Book: Stock . Théâtre ouvert . Capitaine Schelle, capitaine Eçço . Paris . 1971 . 215.
- Book: Stock . Théâtre ouvert . Le camp du drap d'or . Paris . 1972 . 171.
- Book: Stock . Théâtre ouvert . La Colonie . Paris . 1974 . 121 . 2-234-00072-6.
- Book: C. Bourgois . Le Palais d'hiver . Paris . 1975 . 95.
- Book: C. Bourgois . La Mante polaire . Paris . 1977 . 116 . 2-267-00079-2.
- La guerre des salamandres (unpublished)
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Les Faucons à la saison des amours . Arles . 1990 . 62 . 2-86943-263-1.
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Jusqu'à la prochaine nuit suivi de Na . Paris . 1990 . 47 . 2-86943-234-8.
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Théâtre . La glycine . Paris . 1991 . 74 . 2-86943-307-7.
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Décor, néant suivi de Les enfants de la nuit . Arles . 1993 . 71 . 2-86943-370-0.
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Isola Piccola . Arles . 1994 . 115 . 2-86943-384-0.
- Book: Actes Sud . Théâtre complet. 1 . Arles . 1994 . 346 . 2-7427-0202-4.
- Book: Actes Sud . Théâtre complet. 2 . Arles . 1998 . 316 . 2-7427-2012-X.
Essays
- Book: Stock . Échanges . . Paris . 1994 . 23 . 2-234-04360-3.
- Book: Actes Sud-Papiers . Apprendre . Théâtre, dernier refuge de l'imprévisible poétique . Arles . 2000 . 181 . 2-7427-2741-8 .
- Book: Actes Sud . La femme dérobée, de l'inutilité du vêtement . Arles . 2005 . 180 . 2-7427-5680-9.
Poetry
- Book: Actes Sud . Doubles stances des amants, poèmes . Arles . 1995 . ca 200 . 2-7427-0553-8.
- Book: Deyrolle . Élégies à Lula . Montolieu . 1996 . 84 . 2-908487-59-4.
Translations
- Translation in French of Platonov, the first play by Anton Chekhov, which bears the seeds of Chekhov's entire future work. Platonov, le fléau de l'absence de père, French text and foreword by Rezvani, Actes Sud, series "Babel", 2003.
- Translation of the Iranian author Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Art books
- Pour une philosophie du jardin, éditions Tohu-Bohu, 15 March 2019, .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Rezvani, Serge: Benezit Dictionary of Artists – oi. oxfordindex.oup.com. 12 October 2019.
- This is the neologism by which I have always tried to formulate my rebellion against the training to which we have been subjected since childhood: training which consists in channeling our vital impulses, and mainly our creative impulses, into these narrow matrices that are what we call the disciplines.
- Alexie Lorca: Serge Rezvani or nostalgia for the present, L'Express, 1 June 2004
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul5beWXDa7c Ma ligne de chance
- Book: fr. Serge Rezvani. Ultime amour. Paris. Les Belles Lettres. 2003. 154 p.
- Web site: Mort à 79 ans de Marie-José Nat, la beauté brune du cinéma français . lefigaro.fr . 10 October 2019 . 11 October 2019. .