Habert, François (c.1508-c.1561), under the pseudonym ‘le Banny de Liesse’ (banished from joy), was a prolific but mediocre poet and translator. He enjoyed royal favour under François Ier, and Henri II conferred on him the title ‘poète du roi’. His works include encomiastic verse for Henri II, edifying poems in a style reminiscent of the Rhétoriqueurs (e.g. Le Temple de Vertu, 1542), and recueils influenced by Marot (La Jeunesse du Banny de Liesse, 1541). He translated Ovid's Metamorphoses and Horace's Satires and Epistles.
[Christine Scollen-Jimack]
