Romain Rolland (1866-1944)

Awarded the Prize “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.”

French writer, musician and social activist. Romain Rolland was born on January 29, 1866 in Clemency, France. In 1886 Rolland entered Ecole Normale Supérieure. In 1895, He received his doctorate in art at the Sorbonne. Rolland became a professor of art history at the école Normale in Paris and eight years later he continued his academic career as a professor of the history of music at the Sorbonne. In 1912, he left his teaching post to devote his time to writing. On December 30, 1944, he died in Vezelay, France.
Major Works:
Les Loups (1898); Danton (1900); Musiciens d’autrefois (1908); Musiciens d’aujourd’hui (1908); Vie de Beethoven (1903); Jean-Christophe (1904-1912); L’Ame enchantée (1922-