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
Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme (born October 25, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Boston Breakers. Born in Torrance, CA and raised in Aliso Viejo, California, Sammy Jo attended Aliso Niguel High School, where she lettered all four years and started her Junior and Senior seasons, became the MVP and Team Captain for both years. She is the daughter of Jon and Jo Beth Prudhomme, and has one brother, Nick. Prudhomme began her college career as an Oregon