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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901
Sully Prudhomme

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901

Sully Prudhomme

Sully Prudhomme

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 was awarded to Sully Prudhomme "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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