Sully Prudhomme — Nobel Prize in Literature 1901

“in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect”

The Swedish Academy awarded Sully Prudhomme the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect.