Portrait of Sully Prudhomme

Sully Prudhomme

French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901

Lived
1839–1907
Country
France

Updated September 2026

About Sully Prudhomme

René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.

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