Sully Prudhomme

Sully Prudhomme
Prudhomme in the 1880s
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
Genre	Poetry essay
Literary movement	Parnassianism
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1901

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.