Portrait of Dominique Rolin

Birthday profile

Dominique Rolin

Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (died 2012)

Born
May 22, 1913
Died
May 15, 2012
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1913

About Dominique Rolin

Dominique Rolin (French pronunciation: [dɔminik ʁɔlɛ̃]; 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 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. Dominique Rolin (French pronunciation:; 22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

The world when Dominique Rolin was born

Dominique Rolin was born in 1913. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1913

  • Best-selling book"The Inside of the Cup" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe stripped of Olympic titles over amateurism rules
  • Top headline16th Amendment allows federal income tax
  • Technology milestoneFord assembly line begins — revolutionizes manufacturing
  • World population~1.73B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population96.0M

1913 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dominique Rolin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19132026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population96.0M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Library of Congress, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.