Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
Who is Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
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.
Early life
Prudhomme was born to a French shopkeeper.Prudhomme attended the Lycée Bonaparte, but eye trouble interrupted his studies. He worked for a while in the Creusot region for the Schneider steel foundry, and then began ...
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- Urminaia: bd - sully prudhomme (rené françois armand prudhomme; march 16, 1839 - sept. 16, 1907).
"surrounded by beakers, by strange coils,
by ovens and flasks with twisted necks,
the chemist, fathoming the whims of attractions, artfully imposes on them their precise meetings."
- Cailinceltic: on the water - rene francois armand prudhomme
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- Corrproust: 6 september 1907
death of rené armand françois prudhomme, known as sully prudhomme.
french poet, first recipient of the nobel prize in literature in 1901.
proust often quoted his verse in his letters.
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