ROLLAND, Romain. Clamecy (Nièvre) 29.1.1866 — Vézelay (Yonne) 30.12.1944. French Author interested in Indian Thought, Personal Friend of Gandhi and Tagore. Also a Musicologist and decided Roman Catholic. Son of a notary. School in Clamecy until the family moved to Paris in 1880. Studies at École Normale Supérieure, worked as teacher until 1912, then free author. Wrote novels, short stories, dramas and essays. Nobel Prize of Literature 1915. From 1938 living in Vézelay. Married 1892 Clotilde Bréal (1870–1946), daughter of —> Michel Bréal.
Publications: Mahatma Gandhi. 1924, rev. ed. 208 p. P. 1930, also transl. into English; Essai sur la mystique et l’action de l’Inde vivante. 1. La vie de Ramakrishna. 314 p. 2. La vie de Vivekananda. 188 p 3. L’évangile universel.. P. 1929-30.
– Much unrelated.
Sources: R. Lardinois, D.O.L.F. 836f.; Wikipedia with photos and further references (see also French version).
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