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Prudhomme, Sully
(1837-1907) French writer. Original name Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme. Sully Prudhomme won the first Nobel Prize for Literature in 1901.
Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
"Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the son of a French shopkeeper. He wanted to become an engineer, but an eye disease terminated his training at a polytechnic institute. He studied literature, and after a brief and unsuccessful interlude in industry, he took up law, though without much conviction, and worked in a solicitor's office."
Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 - present
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The Nobel Prize in Literature
Read about the Nobel Prize for Literature: "Ibsen and Henry James should have been rewarded instead of, for instance, Sully-Prudhomme, Eucken and Heyse."