Romain Rolland
January 29, 1866 –December 30, 1944
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist, Musicologist
Lived 78 years
- Born in
- Clamecy
- Passed away in
- Vézelay
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".
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.
Notable works: Jean-Christophe, Péguy, The life of Toistoi Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Prix Femina, Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française Education: École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Saint-Louis, University of Paris
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