Edmond Haraucourt

Born in Bourmont, France, in 1856 and dying in Paris in 1941, Edmond Haraucourt built a wide-ranging literary career as a poet, novelist, and dramatist. His work moved across genres with ease, and he became known as one of the distinctive French literary voices of his time.

Haraucourt was also closely connected to the world of art and public culture. Beyond writing, he held positions in French museums, which helped place him at the crossroads of literature, history, and the arts.

Today he is often remembered both for the breadth of his writing and for a few especially enduring lines that continued to circulate long after his lifetime. For listeners coming to him now, he offers a glimpse of French literary culture at the turn of the twentieth century.