Edmond Rostand

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1868. April 1.
  • Place of birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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...

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