Dominique Rolin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dominique Rolin

writer

Date of Birth: 22-May-1913

Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 15-May-2012

Profession: writer, novelist, autobiographer, feminist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Dominique Rolin (22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist.Dominique Rolin was a granddaughter of Léon Cladel.
Her career was launched by Jean Cocteau and Jean Paulhan during the Second World War.
Over some sixty years she developed a unique, feminist voice in French novel-writing, blending seamlessly autobiography and fiction, and centered on two men, her first husband, a sculptor, and avant-garde writer and theorist Philippe Sollers with whom, in spite of an age gap, she had a half-century secret relationship.
She was a Femina Prize winner and a member of the Belgian Royal Academy.