Dominique Rolin
Dominique Rolin (dɔminik ʁɔlɛ̃; 22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist. A granddaughter of Léon Cladel. Her career was launched by Jean Cocteau and Jean Paulhan during the Second World War.
Dominique Rolin
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- Born
- 22 May 1913
- Birthplace
- Ixelles
- Died
- 15 May 2012
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Belgium · France
- Honours
- Prix Femina · Kléber-Haedens Prize · Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL · Roland de Jouvenel Prize · Prix France Culture
- Languages
- French
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Dominique Rolin (dɔminik ʁɔlɛ̃; 22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist. A granddaughter of Léon Cladel. Her career was launched by Jean Cocteau and Jean Paulhan during the Second World War.
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Biography
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Over some sixty years she developed a unique, feminist voice in French novel-writing, blending seamlessly autobiography and fiction, and centred on two men, her first husband, a sculptor, and avant-garde writer and theorist Philippe Sollers with whom she had a half-century secret relationship. He appeared in her novels as "Jim". She was a Femina Prize winner and a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of French Literature where she succeeded Marguerite Yourcenar. She was a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur.
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Key facts
• Born — 22 May 1913 • Birthplace — Ixelles • Died — 15 May 2012 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Writer
Works
Works
• Repas de famille (1932), novella • Les Pieds d’argile (1935), novel • La Peur (1936), novella • Marais (1942), • Anne la bien-aimée (1944), • Le Souffle (1952), Prix Femina • Les Quatre coins (1954) • Artémis (1958) • Le Lit (1960) • Maintenant (1967) • Le Corps (1969) • Les Éclairs (1971) • Lettre au vieil homme (1973) • L’Enragé (1978) • L’Infini chez soi (1980) • L’Enfant-roi (1986) • Trente ans d’amour fou (1988) • Vingt chambres d’hôtel (1990) • L’Accoudoir (1996) • La Rénovation (1998) • Journal amoureux (2000), novel • Le Futur immédiat (2001), novel • Plaisirs (2001), • Lettre à Lise (2003)
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1913
Dominique Rolin born at Ixelles.
2012
Dominique Rolin died at 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Ixelles.
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7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Awards
• Prix Femina, (1952), for Le Souffle. • Franz Hellens prijs, (1978), for L'Enragé. • Prix Kléber Haedens, (1980), for L’Infini chez soi. • Prix Roland Jouvenel of the Académie française, (1990), for Vingt chambres d’hôtel. • Prix Thyde Monnier, (1991), entire œuvre. • Grand prix national des Lettres, (2001), entire oeuvre.
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee
- 2.René de Ceccatty, « Dominique Rolin, écrivaine de l'infini amoureux, est morte », Le Monde du 15 mai 2012.
- 3.François Nielsen. Nielsen Genealogy. www.loyola.sites.oasis.unc.edu.
- 4.Divorce Jean André Nicolaas Rolin & Pierrine Esther Cladel le 28 août 1931 à 's-Gravenhage (Pays-Bas). Archives Ouvertes.
- 5.Alain Delaunois. Dominique Rolin. La passion fixe du bonheur. Le Carnet et les Instants. 173. 44. 2012.
- 6.Frans. De Haes. Le Fonds Dominique Rolin. Textyles. Revue des lettres belges de langue française. 23. 102–104. 2003-07-01. 0776-0116. 10.4000/textyles.800. 2025-03-09.
- 7.François Nielsen. Nielsen Genealogy. www.loyola.sites.oasis.unc.edu.
- 8.Passions et assassinat d’un éditeur, Monique Verdussen, La Libre,
- 9.Frans De Haes. Dominique Rolin. Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique.
- 10.Jean Gallotti. Au temps des romances. Les Nouvelles littéraires, artistiques et scientifiques. 1950-08-31.
- 11.Jeanine Delpech. Y a-t-il une crise du roman français ?. Les Nouvelles littéraires, artistiques et scientifiques. 1947-11-20.
- 12.Un amour clandestin de Dominique Rolin. L'Obs. Josyane Savigneau. 27 mai 2012.
- 13.Lettres de Dominique Rolin à son «hommadoré». Le Figaro. Anthony Palou. 29 novembre 2018.
- 14.rue de Verneuil, 36 (dans le quartier Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin), [[7e arrondissement de Paris| ]].
- 15.Dominique Rolin exclue du jury Fémina. Le Monde. 8 mai 1965.
- 16.Raymond Jean. 16 juillet 1971. Le Monde. "Les Eclairs", de Dominique Rolin.
- 17.Dominique Rolin : Le bonheur en projet. Le Carnet et les Instants.
- 18.Prix Roland de Jouvenel Académie française. www.academie-francaise.fr.
- 19.Eloge de Philippe Sollers par Dominique Rolin INA. 2024-05-06.
- 20.Philippe Sollers. Un vrai roman - Mémoires de Philippe Sollers. Plon. 2007.
- 21.Dominique Rolin, grand amour de Philippe Sollers, est morte. L'Express. 15 mai 2012.
- 22.« Elle l'appelle Jim », Dominique Rolin et Philippe Sollers.
- 23.Dominique Rolin, l’empreinte des souvenirs. La Croix. Sabine Audrerie. 16 mai 2012.
- 24.Initialement intitulé Tournant. Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Cabinet des manuscrits, correspondance, KBR ms. FS XCII R1.512.
- 25.Cote du fonds spécial : KBR ms. FS XCII.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Denise Bourdet, Dominique Rolin, in Brèves rencontres, Paris, Grasset, 1963.
- Frans De Haes, Les pas de la voyageuse : Dominique Rolin, essai, Bruxelles, Luc Pire / AML Éditions, coll. « Archives du futur », 2008, 268 p.
- José Luis Arraéz, « Diégesis y mímesis de Le lit : Dominique Rolin vs Marion Hänsel », in Arbor, vol. 188, 2008, p. 1029-1042.
- Le Bonheur en projet : hommage à Dominique Rolin. éditions Labor. 1993. 2-8040-0849-5.
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Dominique Rolin received Prix Femina, Kléber-Haedens Prize, Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL, Roland de Jouvenel Prize and Prix France Culture. Recorded as writer, novelist, autobiographer and women's rights activist.
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