“These Jeux floraux of the modern era” The first French Nobel Prizes in literature, from Sully Prudhomme to Mistral

This article focuses on the first Nobel prizes, and studies their importance in the acknowledgement of the legitimacy of authors such as the French poets Sully Prudhomme and Mistral. How did they react to this consecration, and how was their success advertised in the press? The answers to these questions give accurate clues to study the evolution or persistency of literary values inherited from the XIXth century.