Roland Dorgelès, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Roland Dorgelès

French writer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1885

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1973

Profession: writer, journalist, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Roland Dorgelès

  • Roland Dorgelès (French pronunciation: ?[d????l?s]; 15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt. 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.

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