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Serge Rezvani
Since 1928
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Cyrus Serge Rezvani (born 23 March 1928 in Tehran, Iran) is a painter, writer, playwright, poet, lyricist, and composer of French nationality, with Iranian and Russian-Jewish heritage.
He is known in music under the pseudonym Bassiak (from the Russian « Басияк », meaning barefoot). Rezvani has lived in France since early childhood.
His best-known song, “Le Tourbillon”, performed by Jeanne Moreau in François Truffaut’s film Jules and Jim (1962), brought him to fame.
Alongside his literary and musical work, Rezvani has been active in visual arts since the 1940s, creating series such as Femme Donna, Effigie, Blanche and Repentirs.
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Serge Rezvani est un peintre, écrivain et auteur-compositeur-interprète français d'origine russo-iranienne, né le 23 mars 1928 à Téhéran.
Il se qualifie lui-même de pluri-indisciplinaire.
Il a écrit plus de quarante romans, quinze pièces de théâtre et deux recueils de poésie. Il est l'auteur de plus de cent cinquante chansons, dont Le Tourbillon (de la vie), interprétée par Jeanne Moreau dans le film Jules et Jim, ainsi que de J'ai la mémoire qui flanche, également interprétée par Jeanne Moreau. Il a signé ses chansons sous le pseudonyme de « Cyrus Bassiak ».
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