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
Folio Prize was announced 21 March. William Fiennes was Chair of the jury comprising "The Observer" writer Rachel Cooke and writers Mohsin Hamid, AM Homes, and Deborah Levy. No prize. The shortlisted was announced in early April 2017. It was the first year non-fiction was included in the running. The winner was announced May 25. The shortlist was announced in late March 2018. The winner was announced 8 May. Folio Prize The Rathbones Folio Prize, previously known as the Folio Prize and The Literature Prize, is a literary award that was sponsored by the London-based publisher The Folio Society for its first