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Edmond Rostand
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French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
OverviewAI-generated
Edmond Rostand was a male author from France. He was born on April 1, 1868, and died on December 2, 1918. His literary output includes the work *Cyrano de Bergerac*, originally published in 1897, as well as *Plays of Edmond Rostand*. Open Library lists 96 works associated with his name, including literature guides for *Cyrano de Bergerac* and *Cold Sassy Tree*.
Rostand is recognized in the Academie Francaise collection. His writings have been referenced by 520 other encyclopedia articles. Specific quotes attributed to him include, "To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero," and "I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!"
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 96
Top works
- Cyrano de Bergerac (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Cold Sassy Tree (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Plays of Edmond Rostand
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1868-04-01
- Active to
- 1918-12-02
Discography
- L'aiglon2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 67
- Total plays
- 315
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Rosemonde Gérard
- Child
- Jean Rostand
- Occupation
- essayist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Chantecler
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- essay
- Movement
- Neo-romanticism
- Image
- Edmond Rostand.jpg
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- birth name
- Edmond Eugène Joseph Alexis Rostand
- member of
- Société des poètes français
- medical condition
- influenza
- Commons category
- Edmond Rostand
- date of birth
- 1868-04-01
- date of death
- 1948-12-02
- topic's main category
- Category:Edmond Rostand
- Commons gallery
- Edmond Rostand
- cause of death
- 1918–1920 flu pandemic
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Edmond Rostand
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Edmond Rostand
- ethnic group
- French
- P12674
- Lilium amoenum
Sources (12)
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Edmond Rostand, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand ( UK: /ˈrɒstɒ̃/, US: /rɔːˈstɒ̃, ˈrɒstænd/, 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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edmond Rostand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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