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Rolland, Romain

(1866-1944) French writer. Romain Rolland's most famous work is "Jean Christophe," a partly autobiographical novel, which also won him the 1915 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nobel Prize in Literature - 1901 to present

By the terms of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will (1896), the Nobel Prize for Literature is given to the person who has produced "the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency" in the field of literature

Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Learn more about this recipient of the 1915 literature prize. Includes a link to a bibliography of the essayist's work.

Swarthmore College

University library's peace collection includes this writer's personal correspondence and essays. With a brief biography.

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