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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 .
The 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature was the first awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.It was awarded to the French poet Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
Sully Prudhomme, first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. A small plaque is set on the Statue of Liberty to display Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem, "The New Colossus" The first Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Sully Prudhomme, a French poet and essayist.
December 10 – The first Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded, to French poet Sully Prudhomme. [ 8 ] unknown date – World's Classics series of publications is founded by Grant Richards in England.
In 1901, French poet and essayist Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection, and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
Year Picture Laureate Country Language(s) Citation Genre(s) 1901: Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) France French "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" [8]
The idea of Le Parnasse contemporain began when the poet Louis-Xavier de Ricard was publishing a financially unsuccessful periodical, L'Art. [2] [3] He was advised by his friend and fellow poet Catulle Mendès to turn the weekly L'Art into an annual publication of only poems under the title Le Parnasse Contemporain.
Pensée perdue, on verses by Sully Prudhomme (1898) Wüstenbild, on verses by A. Roderich; Chant indou, on verses by Mlle Géraldine Rolland (c.1898) Dédicace (1899) De ziua ta (1900) Si j'étais Dieu, on verses by Sully Prudhomme (1897–1898) Quarantine, on verses by Enescu (1899) Prinz Waldvogelsgesang for voice, cello and piano (1901) Ein ...