Sully Prudhomme
French poet (1839–1907) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | René François Armand Prudhomme (1839-03-16)16 March 1839 Paris, France |
Died | 6 September 1907(1907-09-06) (aged 68) Châtenay-Malabry, France |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | French |
Nationality | French |
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Literary movement | Parnassianism |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 |
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Born in Paris, Prudhomme originally studied to be an engineer, but turned to philosophy and later to poetry; he declared it as his intention to create scientific poetry for modern times. In character sincere and melancholic, he was linked to the Parnassus school, although, at the same time, his work displays characteristics of its own.