Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is a French 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.Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father,
Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900â€"1962), 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.[3]Rezvani has written
more than 40 novels, 15 plays and two collections of poetry. He is the
author of more than 150 songs, including the famous Le Tourbillon
[fr], sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim,[3] as well as
J'ai la mémoire qui flanche [fr], 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]
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.Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father,
Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900â€"1962), 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.[3]Rezvani has written
more than 40 novels, 15 plays and two collections of poetry. He is the
author of more than 150 songs, including the famous Le Tourbillon
[fr], sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim,[3] as well as
J'ai la mémoire qui flanche [fr], 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]
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