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René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (French: [syli pʁydɔm]; 16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901.
Apr 10, 2024 · Sully Prudhomme (born March 16, 1839, Paris—died Sept. 7, 1907, Châtenay, France) was a French poet who was a leading member of the Parnassian movement, which sought to restore elegance, balance, and aesthetic standards to poetry, in reaction to the excesses of Romanticism.
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Sully Prudhomme was a French poet and member of the French Academy who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901. He wrote poetry that combined formal perfection, elegance and philosophic and scientific interests, and translated Lucretius' De Rerum Natura.
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Sully Prudhomme. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901. Born: 16 March 1839, Paris, France. Died: 7 September 1907, Châtenay, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities ...
Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1901. He wrote poetry that combined formal precision, philosophical themes, and personal emotions, and was influenced by the Parnassian movement and the Franco-Prussian War.
Sully Prudhomme was a French poet and engineer who won the first Nobel Prize for Literature in 1901. Learn about his life, works, and Parnassian influences from The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French.
S ULLY P RUDHOMME. 1901 Nobel Laureate in Literature. in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualitites of both heart and intellect.
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