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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 · Parnassian. 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. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Literature in 1901.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 was awarded to Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect"
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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.
It has awarded the first Nobel Prize in Literature to the poet and philosopher Sully Prudhomme of the French Academy. Sully Prudhomme was born March 16, 1839, and in 1865 emerged as an accomplished poet in his Stances et Poèmes [Stanzas and Poems]. This volume was followed by several others of verse, philosophy, and aesthetics.
