Edmond Rostand
1868 – 1918 · aged 50
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
- Born
- 1 Apr 1868 · Marseille
- Died
- 2 Dec 1918 · Paris
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- 1 Apr 1868BornBorn in Marseille
- 1895AwardPrix Toirac
- 1901 – 1918RoleMember of the Académie française
- 1911AwardCommander of the Legion of Honour
- 2 Dec 1918DiedDied in Paris
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Major world events during their lifetime (1868 – 1918).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
Biography
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (UK: , US: , French: [ɛdmɔ̃ ʁɔstɑ̃]; 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.
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