Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907)

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Death: 6th September 1907
Location: Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France
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French poet. Awarded the first Nobel Prize in Literature in 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’.

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