Roland Dorgelès (French pronunciation: [dɔʁʒəlɛs]; 15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973)[1] was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Roland Dorgelès | |
|---|---|
 Roland Dorgelès in 1923 | |
| Born | Roland Lecavelé 15 June 1885 |
| Died | 18 March 1973 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Author |
Born in Amiens, Somme, under the name Roland Lecavelé (he adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town of Argelès), he spent his childhood in Paris.
A prolific author, he is most renowned for the Prix Femina-winning Wooden crosses (Les croix de bois), a moving study of World War I, in which he served. It was published in 1919 (in English by William Heinemann in 1920).
Dorgelès served as a juror with Florence Meyer Blumenthal in awarding the Prix Blumenthal, a grant given between 1919 and 1954 to painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers and musicians.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Obituaries on File: A-R. Facts on File. 1979. p. 163.
- ^ "Florence Meyer Blumenthal". Jewish Women's Archive, Michele Siegel.
External links
edit