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Encyclopedia > Sully Prudhomme
René-François-Armand Prudhomme

Born: March 16, 1839
Paris, France
Died: September 6, 1907
Châtenay-Malabry, France
Occupation: Poet and Essayist
Nationality: France
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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. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Châtenay-Malabry is a city in France, in the southern suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


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.

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Bibliography

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.
French literature
By category
French literary history

Medieval
16th century - 17th century
18th century -19th century
20th century - Contemporary The Revue des Deux Mondes is a monthly literary and cultural affairs magazine published in the French language. ... French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ... Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in Oïl languages (including Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. ... French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henri IV of France to the throne. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) French literature of the 17th century spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the... French literature of the 18th century spans the period from the death of Louis XIV of France, through the Régence (during the minority of Louis XV) and the reigns of Louis XV of France and Louis XVI of France to the start of the French Revolution. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... French literature of the twentieth century is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French from (roughly) 1895 to 1990. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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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.

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

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Sully Prudhomme (1084 words)
What strikes the reader of Sully Prudhomme's poetry first and foremost is the fact that he is a thinker; and moreover a poet who thinks, and not a thinker who turns to rhyme for recreation.
Sully Prudhbmme is above all things introspective; he penetrates into the hidden corners of his heart; he lays bare the subtle torments of his conscience, the shifting currents of his hopes and fears, belief and disbelief in face of the riddle of the universe to an extent so poignant as to be sometimes almost painful.
As an artist Sully Prudhomme is remarkable for the entire absence of oratorical effect; for the extreme simplicity and fastidious precision of his diction.
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