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Sep 7, 2017 · Sully Prudhomme, a fin de siècle French poet and philosopher, was a pioneering member of the Parnassus school. The poetic movement was based on a distaste for the perceived sentimentalism of the Romantic poets like Lord Byron and John Keats (and a love for the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer) and boasted Stéphane Mallarmé, and Paul Verlaine ...
French poet Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1901. Combining the formal precision of the Parnassian poets with subjects reflecting his keen interest in philosophy and his early training in the sciences, Sully Prudhomme forged a career that drew wide praise during his lifetime.
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. Background. 1839-1907 Residence: France Real Name: Rene Francois Armand.
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Overview. Sully Prudhomme. (1839—1907) Quick Reference. (1839–1907). An engineer by training and the first recipient (in 1901) of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Sully Prudhomme embodied most clearly the scientific and philosophical commitments of the Parnassian ... From: Sully Prudhomme in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French »
Sully Prudhomme. 1839 - 1907. René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, and was the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901. Born in Paris, Prudhomme originally studied to be an engineer, but turned to philosophy and later to poetry; he declared it as his intent to create scientific poetry for ...
Sully Prudhomme, pseudonym of René François Armand Prudhomme (C.E.1839 – 1907), French poet, Nobel Prize for Literature. • Award (Nobel): literature ( C.E.1901 )}} Contents. 1 Quotes by Sully Prudhomme: 2 Intimate diary: 2.1 Incipit: 3 Quotes: 4 Quotes about Sully Prudhomme: 5 Note: 6 Bibliography: 7 Other projects:
