The New International Encyclopædia/Haraucourt, Edmond

HARAUCOURT, ȧ′rō̇′ko͞or′, Edmond (1857—), A French poet and novelist, born at Bourmont (Haute-Marne). His first work, La légende des sexes, poèmes hystériques (1883), under the pen-name of Le Sire de Chabley, attracted some attention. L'âme nue (1885), a collection of verse, in which some of the earlier poems were included, and Seul (1891), showed the poet's increasing power and melancholy charm. He also wrote the romance Amis (1887); Shylock (1889), a play; the Passion (1890), a drama; Héro et Léandre (1893); Alienor, an opera; Don Juan (1894); and Elisabeth (1894). He received the Academy prize for his poem, Les Vikings (1890).