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Edmond Rostand

1868 - 1918

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond Rostand is the 745th most popular writer (down from 728th in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from France (up from 879th in 2019) and the 115th most popular French Writer.

Edmond Rostand is most famous for writing Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Among writers, Edmond Rostand ranks 745 out of 7,302. Before him are Emilio Salgari, Iris Murdoch, John le Carré, Sinclair Lewis, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Eduardo Galeano. After him are Jean Froissart, Antoine Galland, Elisabeth of Wied, Claudian, Edgar Wallace, and Christa Wolf.

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Among people born in 1868, Edmond Rostand ranks 31. Before him are Gertrude Bell, Gaston Leroux, Gustav Meyrink, August Horch, Felix Hoffmann, and Dietrich Eckart. After him are Charles Maurras, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Annie S. D. Maunder, Louis Couturat, Vittorio Monti, and Florence Foster Jenkins. Among people deceased in 1918, Edmond Rostand ranks 32. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, George Reid, Niko Pirosmani, Lavr Kornilov, César Cui, and Ferdinand Hodler. After him are Arrigo Boito, Fanny Kaplan, Hermann Cohen, Lili Boulanger, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Paul von Rennenkampf.

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Among people born in France, Edmond Rostand ranks 877 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Janssen (1824), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Charles Hermite (1822), Renée of France (1510), and Robert of Molesme (1024). After him are Jean Froissart (1337), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Antoine Galland (1646), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), and Claude Chappe (1763).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond Rostand ranks 115. Before him are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), Eugène Sue (1804), Pierre Loti (1850), Marie de France (1101), and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755). After him are Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Charles Maurras (1868), Pierre Boulle (1912), and Ninon de l'Enclos (1620).

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