Romain Rolland

Born: 29 January 1866, Clamecy, France

Died: 30 December 1944, Vézelay, France

Residence at the time of the award: France

Prize motivation: "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"

Language: French

Romain Rolland received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1916.