Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland
Romain Rolland, 1914
Born	(1866-01-29)29 January 1866 Clamecy, France
Died	30 December 1944(1944-12-30) (aged 78) Vézelay, France
Occupation	Dramatist essayist art historian novelist musicologist
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.