Edmond Haraucourt


Edmond Haraucourt was a poet and novelist.

Work

His first work, La légende des sexes, poèmes hystériques, under the pen-name of Le Sire de Chambley, attracted some attention. L'âme nue, a collection of verse, in which some of the earlier poems were included, and Seul, showed the poet's increasing power and melancholy charm. He also wrote the romance Amis ; Shylock, a play; the Passion, a drama; Héro et Léandre ; Aliénor, an opera; Don Juan ; and Elisabeth. He received the Academy prize for his poem, Les Vikings.