About
Sully Prudhomme, born René-François-Armand Prudhomme in Paris in 1839, was a French poet. Initially drawn to science, he had to abandon it for health reasons and turned to literature. A leading member of the Parnassian school, he published his first collection, Stances et Poèmes, in 1865, which was a great success. He was elected to the Académie française in 1881. In 1901, he received the first Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his idealism and artistic perfection. He died in 1907 in Châtenay-Malabry.
* 1839-03-16 — † 1907-09-06
Major works
- Stances et Poèmes (1865)poetry collection
- Les Épreuves (1866)poetry collection
- Les Solitudes (1869)poetry collection
- La Justice (1878)poem
- Le Bonheur (1888)poem
Key milestones
- 1881Elected to the Académie française
- 1901First Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1902Co-founded the Société des poètes français
Themes
idealismlovesolitudejusticehappiness
Sources: nobelprize.org · larousse.fr · britannica.com