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Dominique Rolin

    May 22, 1913 – May 15, 2012

    Dominique Rolin carved out a distinctive feminist voice in French novel-writing over a career spanning six decades. Her work masterfully blended autobiography and fiction, often centering on the profound influence of two significant men in her life: her first husband, a sculptor, and the avant-garde writer and theorist Philippe Sollers. Their half-century secret relationship, despite an age gap, formed a compelling core in her narratives. She was recognized with the Femina Prize and became a member of the Belgian Royal Academy.

    Dominique Rolin
    Deux femmes un soir
    Dulle Griet
    Das Bett. Roman
    Vingt chambres d'hôtel
    Journal amoureux
    Divine Madman
    • 2005

      Divine Madman

      • 147 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      This novel begins as on his deathbed, the painter, through the eyes of his beautiful young wife, steps back into his past… Caught between two realities, Pieter Brueghel, born to poverty and oppression, was also divinely gifted. In his studio, he would turn into a madman, wildly seeking his double who had been sent by God to reveal the truth of creation. This double would enter into his body to paint some of the finest paintings the world has ever seen.

      Divine Madman