Romain Rolland | |
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 Romain Rolland, 1914 | |
| Born | 29 January 1866 Clamecy, France |
| Died | 30 December 1944 (aged 78) Vézelay, France |
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| Period | 1902–1944 |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1915 |
| Spouse | Clothilde Bréal, m. 1892–1901; Jify Romain Rolland, m. 1934–1944 |
| Relatives | Madeleine 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.
- ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Romain Rolland". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.