Sully Prudhomme

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René-François-Armand (Sully) Prudhomme (Paris, France, March 16, 1839 - Châtenay-Malabry, France, September 6, 1907) was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901.

The son of a dealer, Prudhomme originally studied to be an engineer, but was to turn to philosophy and later to poetry. In writing poetry, he declared it as his intent to create scientific poetry for modern times. In character sincere and melancholy, he was a member of the Parnassus school, though, at the same time, his work displays characteristics of its own.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Poetry 1.2 Prose 2 External links and references

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Poetry

• Stances et poèmes, 1865.
• Les épreuves, 1866.
• Les solitudes: poésies, A. Lemerre (Paris), 1869.
• Les destins, 1872.
• La France, 1874.
• Les vaines tendresses, 1875.
• Le zénith (poem), published in journal Revue des deux mondes, 1876.
• La justice (poem), 1878.
• Poésie, 1865-88, A. Lemerre, 1883-88.
• Le prisme, poésies diverses, A. Lemerre (Paris), 1886.
• Le bonheur (poem), 1888.
• Épaves, A. Lemerre, 1908.

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[edit] Prose

• Œuvres de Sully Prudhomme (poetry and prose), 8 volumes, A. Lemerre, 1883-1908.
• Que sais-je? (philosophy), 1896.
• Testament poétique (essays), 1901.
• La vraie religion selon Pascal (essays), 1905.
• Journal intime: lettres-pensée (diary), A. Lemerre, 1922.

[edit] External links and references

• Gale Contemporary Authors Online, from the Gale Biography Resource Center database
• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/prudhomm.htm
• http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1901/prudhomme-bio.html
• http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/572_43.html
• Poesies.net: Sully Prudhomme
• Poesies.net: Le Zenith

Preceded by Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne

Seat 24 Académie française 1881-1907

Succeeded by Henri Poincaré