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.
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