Who was Sully Prudhomme?

SULLY PRUDHOMME. Rene Francois Armand (1839-1907), was a French poet, born in Paris. In 1865 he published his first volume of poems, Stances et Poemes. Among his later volumes are Impressions de la Guerre, Les Destins, Les Vaines Tendresses, La France, and La Révolte des Fleurs. His poems "La Justíce" and "Le Bonheur" are considered masterpieces of analytic subtlety.