Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (died 1918)

Edmond Rostand

French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)

Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand 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…