Sully Prudhomme
French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)
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Sully Prudhomme was a French poet who lived from 1839 to 1907 and became the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901. He is historically significant as a pioneering figure in modern poetry and as the inaugural winner of one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.
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René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme (1839 – 1907) was a French poet and essayist. Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature (1901). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sully+Prudhomme">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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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.
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.