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Edmond Rostand


Born
in Marseille, France
April 01, 1868

Died
December 02, 1918

Genre
Theatre


Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist.

Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play "Cyrano de Bergerac". Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late 19th century. One of Rostand's works, "Les Romanesques", has been adapted as the highly successful musical comedy "The Fantasticks".

Rostand became the youngest writer to be elected to the Académie Française. ...more

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Cyrano de Bergerac
4.06 avg rating — 80,654 ratings — published 1897 — 1479 editions
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L'Aiglon
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Chantecler
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“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: kiss, lips, secret
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“A great nose may be an index
Of a great soul”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: classics, humor
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“My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: expression, fear
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