Annie Bentoiu


Annie Bentoiu 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 Pascal Bentoiu.
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 Mihai Eminescu.

Selected works