在人类历史风云激荡、苦难深重的20世纪初期,法国著名作家罗曼·罗兰为艺术家贝多芬、米开朗琪罗、托尔斯泰分别作传(合称《名人传》)。在这三部传记中,作者没有对艺术家的生平做详细的叙述,也没有追溯他们的创作历程,而是着力刻画他们为追求真善美而长期忍受苦难的心路历程。罗曼·罗兰称三位艺术家为“英雄”,以感人肺腑的笔墨,写出了他们与命运抗争的崇高品格和担负全人类苦难的伟大情怀,为我们谱写了一曲英雄的交响曲。 In the turbulent history of human history, the suffering of the early 20th century, the famous French writer Roman Roland for artist Beethoven, Michelangelo, Tolstoy respectively (collectively, “Biography of celebrities”). In these three biographies, the author does not give a detailed account of the artist's life, nor does it trace their creative history. Instead, they focus on depicting the mentality of their long-term suffering in pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. Roland Roland called the three artists “heroes”, wrote out their heroic symphony with their touching character, their lofty character of fighting against their destiny and their great feelings of suffering of all humankind.