Sully Prudhomme elected to the Académie française in 1881. Another distinction, "Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur", was to follow in 1895. After, "Le Bonheur", Prudhomme turned from poetry to write essays on aesthetics and philosophy. He published two important essays: "L'Expression dans les beaux-arts" (1884) and "Réflexions sur l'art des vers" (1892), a series of articles on Blaise Pascal in "La Revue des Deux Mondes" (1890), and an article on free will ("La Psychologie du Libre-Arbitre", 1906) in the "Revue de métaphysique et de morale". The first writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (given "in special recognition of his poetic
Sully, Iowa Sully, Iowa Sully is a small town of 821 (2010) located in Jasper County, Iowa, United States named after railroad man Alfred Sully. Sully was platted in 1882. The community was incorporated in 1901. Van Wijk Winery The City of Sully is home to the Van Wijk Winery, which has been producing twenty varieties of Iowa wine since 2009. Coffee Cup Cafe The Coffee Cup Cafe started in 1970 with old fashioned cooking with great recipes from the community. It is said that they take pride in their "made from scratch" cooking, which includes pies that are well known throughout