Sully Prudhomme

René-François-Armand Prudhomme (March 16, 1839 – September 6, 1907) was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in literature, 1901.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Stances et poemes, 1865.
• Les epreuves, 1866.
• Les solitudes: poesies, A. Lemerre (Paris), 1869.
• Les destins, 1872.
• La France, 1874.
• Les vaines tendresses, 1875.
• Le zenith (poem), published in journal Revue des deux mondes, 1876.
• La justice (poem), 1878.
• Poesie, 1865–88, A. Lemerre, 1883–88.
• Le prisme, poesies diverses, A. Lemerre (Paris), 1886.
• Le bonheur (poem), 1888.
• Epaves, A. Lemerre, 1908.

Prose

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