The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de
(nrä´ d bö´y snyör´ d räkäN´) (KEY) , 15891670, French poet. A disciple of Malherbe, he wrote some lyric poetry and a charming pastoral drama, Arthénice (performed in 1619), published as Les Bergeries (1625).