
Known for
Writing
Born
April 1, 1868
Birthplace
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died
December 2, 1918 (aged 50)
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Another of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques (1894), was adapted to the 1960 musical comedy The Fantasticks.
Rostand was born in Marseille, France, into a wealthy and cultured Provençal family. His father was an economist, a poet who translated and edited the works of Catullus, and a member of the Marseille Academy and the Institut de France. Rostand studied literature, history, and philosophy at t...
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Book
2025
Author
2025
Theatre Play
2024
Theatre Play
2024
Theatre Play
2022
2021
Theatre Play
2020
2020
Theatre Play
2018
2017
Theatre Play
2017
Theatre Play
2010
2008
Original Story
2007
Theatre Play
1990
Theatre Play, Original Story
1989
Story
1987
Theatre Play
1987
Original Story, Theatre Play
1985
Theatre Play
1976
1975
Original Story
1974
Theatre Play
1974
Theatre Play
1971
Theatre Play