Romain Rolland | |
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![]() Romain Rolland, 1914 | |
Born | Clamecy, France | 29 January 1866
Died | 30 December 1944 Vézelay, France | (aged 78)
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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 a leading supporter of Joseph Stalin in France and is also noted for his correspondence with and influence on Sigmund Freud.
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