Hector Bianciotti (18 March 1930 â 12 June 2012) was an Argentine-born French author and member of the AcadĂ©mie française. Born HĂ©ctor Bianciotti in CalchĂn Oeste in CĂłrdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the language of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in