Serge Rezvani

Serge Rezvani born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928 is a French painter engraver writer novels plays as well as a songwritercomposerperformer he describes himself as multidisciplinary He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak Born in Tehran Rezvani is the son of a Persian father MedjidKhan Rezvani 19001962 and a Jewish mother who had immigrated from Russia His mother moved with him to France when he was age seven and spoke only Russian He attended a boarding school for Russian immigrants where he learned French 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 as well as Jai la mémoire qui flanche also performed by Moreau he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak which means barefoot in Russian Rezvani also wrote two songs for Godarts Pierrot le fou JeanPaul Belmondo and Anna Karina sing Jamais je ne tai dit que je taimerais toujours ô mon amour and Ma ligne de chance After losing his first wife Lula to Alzheimers in 2004 in mid2005 he reestablished acquaintance with the French actress MarieJosé 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 MarieJosé 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 Rezvani lived with MarieJosé Nat in Bonifacio until her death in October 2019 Source Article Serge Rezvani from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30