Madeleine Rolland (October 17, 1872 – April 1, 1960) was a French translator and peace activist. She was affiliated with the French section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
Biography Madeleine Rolland was born in Clamecy, October 17, 1872.
She passed the Agrégation in English in 1901, and then taught in Paris at the Guild (future Franco-British Institute).
From 1919, she filled the roles of secretary and interpreter for her brother, Romain Rolland. That same year, she joined the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
Rolland was a translator, most notably of Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, but also by Rabindranath Tagore.
Rolland's language skills made it possible for her brother, Romain, to correspond with Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. She was also a regular correspondent with Madeleine Slade.
She spent the Occupation in Dijon, with Yvonne Paquet. At the Liberation, the two women led a section of the (renamed, Femmes solidaires).Vieillard, Roger, "Madeleine Rolland et Yvonne Paquet Souvenirs d’un dijonnais", Association Romain Rolland, Cahiers de Brèves, no. 15, May 2005. (in French)
Madeleine Rolland died in Créteil, April 1, 1960.
See also List of peace activists
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