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Roland Dorgelès (1885-1973) fut sa vie durant une figure de proue de la scène littéraire parisienne.Avant la Grande Guerre, il fréquente la bohème de Montmartre, en compagnie d'Apollinaire, Picasso, Modigliani, Mac Orlan, Carco, Max Jacob. Puis c'est en tant qu'engagé volontaire qu'il vit l'un des conflits les plus meurtriers du siècle. De cette terrible épreuve, il tire un récit qui connaîtra un immense succès : publié en 1919, Les Croix de bois reste un inoubliable témoignage sur la guerre des tranchées.En 1929, Roland Dorgelès entre à l'Académie Goncourt, institution qu'il présidera vingt-six ans plus tard. Correspondant de guerre en 1939-1940, il racontera son expérience dans Retour au front (1940), Carte d'identité (1945) et Bleu horizon (1949). Suivront des ouvrages plus polémiques qui témoignent de la diversité de son talent.

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First published January 1, 1926

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Roland Dorgelès

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Roland Dorgelès (15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt.

Born in Amiens, Somme, under the name Roland Lecavelé (he adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town of Argelès), he spent his childhood in Paris.

A prolific author, he is most renowned for the Prix Femina-winning Wooden crosses ("Les croix de bois"), a moving study of World War I, in which he served. It was published in 1919 (in English in 1921).

Dorgelès served as a juror with Florence Meyer Blumenthal in awarding the Prix Blumenthal, a grant given between 1919-1954 to painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians.

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