Who has won more awards for literature, Romain Rolland or Jim Crace?
Romain Rolland Romain Rolland (] ; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings".
Jean Follain Jean Follain (29 August 1903 – 10 March 1971) was a French author, poet and corporate lawyer. In the early days of his career he was a member of the "Sagesse" group. Follain was a friend of Max Jacob, André Salmon, Jean Paulhan, Pierre Pussy, Armen Lubin, and Pierre Reverdy. He was a contributor to many journals, such as "La Nouvelle Revue française", "Commerce", "Europe", "Le Journal des Poètes" and "Les Cahiers des Saisons". In 1970, he was awarded the Grand Prize of Poetry from L'Académie française for his life's work. A small part of his archives is conserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Lô in France. "Prix littéraire Jean Follain de la Ville de Saint Lô" is a literary award honouring his name and contributions to French literature. He studied law in Paris and became a judge. He died in 1971 in a car accident.