Romain Rolland
Published: 2022-01-17
Total Pages: 279
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Romain Rolland (1866 – 1944) 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". The novel 'Summer', written in1924, is part of a larger work consisting of 7 books, written over several years, collectively called "The Enchanted Soul". He was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic. He was a leading supporter of Josef Stalin in France and is also noted for his correspondence with and influence on Sigmund Freud.