Treasure House of World Literary Masterpieces -- Biographies of Famous People (Youth Edition) (Youth Edition)

Author: Roman Rolland
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Roman Rolland was a famous French critical realist writer, music historian, and social activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born into a lawyer's family and had correspondence with the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy during his university years, whose ideas had a profound influence on him. The outstanding feature of Roman Rolland's worldview and creative works is his democracy, as well as his critique of the capitalist world and its culture. Before the 1930s, his main works included the heroic biographies "The Three Giants," the monumental novel Jean-Christophe, the novella Gora Bolenion, and a series of works opposing war, violence, and advocating individual "spiritual independence." His later works include the four novels The Mother and the Son, as well as a series of essays, memoirs, and essays. In particular, in 1931, he published the article Farewell to the Past, criticizing the path he had taken in the past. From then on, he actively participated in activities opposing imperialist war and safeguarding peace, becoming a progressive anti-imperialist and anti-fascist literary fighter.