Serge Rezvani
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. LifeBorn 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 Le Tourbillon , sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim,[3] as well as J'ai la mémoire qui flanche , also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian).[3] 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.[5] 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
BibliographyNovels, tales and autobiographical writings
Theatre
Essays
Poetry
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