Serge Rezvani

Serge Rezvani is a multidisciplinary French artist born in Tehran as Cyrus Rezvani. Known by the pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, he has established himself as a painter, engraver, writer, and songwriter-composer-performer. His literary output includes over 40 novels, 15 plays, and two poetry collections. As a composer, Rezvani has authored more than 150 songs, among which "Le Tourbillon" remains particularly notable, performed by Jeanne Moreau in Jules and Jim. His contributions to cinema include songs for Godard's Pierrot le fou. Following personal loss and later remarriage to French actress Marie-José Nat in 2005, Rezvani continued his creative work until her death in 2019.