Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland
Romain Rolland, 1914
Romain Rolland, 1914
Born(1866-01-29)29 January 1866
Clamecy, France
Died30 December 1944(1944-12-30) (aged 78)
Vézelay, France
Occupation
Period1902–1944
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1915
SpouseClothilde Bréal, m. 1892–1901; Jify Romain Rolland, m. 1934–1944
RelativesMadeleine Rolland (sister)
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Romain Rolland (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ʁɔlɑ̃]; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings".[1]

He was an admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, wrote a still relevant biography of Gandhi, and is also noted for his correspondence with numerous writers and thinkers across the globe including Maxim Gorki, Rabindranath Tagore and Sigmund Freud.

  1. ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Romain Rolland". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.