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| Born | Roland Lecavelé 15 June 1885 |
| Died | 18 March 1973 (1973-03-19) (aged 87) |
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Roland Dorgelès (French pronunciation:[dɔʁʒəlɛs]; 15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973)[1] was a Frenchnovelist and a member of theAcadémie Goncourt.
Born inAmiens,Somme, under the name Roland Lecavelé (he adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town ofArgelès), he spent his childhood in Paris.
A prolific author, he is most renowned for thePrix Femina-winningWooden crosses (Les croix de bois), a moving study ofWorld War I, in which he served. It was published in 1919 (in English by William Heinemann in 1920).
Dorgelès served as a juror withFlorence Meyer Blumenthal in awarding thePrix Blumenthal, a grant given between 1919 and 1954 to painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers and musicians.[2]
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