Edmond Rostand

Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand [ rɔ'stã ] ( born April 1, 1868 in Marseille, † December 2, 1918 in Paris) was a French playwright.

Life

Rostand came from a wealthy family of Provence. After legal training, he devoted himself entirely to poetry. In 1890 he married the also active as a writer Rosemonde Gérard and had with her two sons; However, he left in 1915 for his last mistress, Mary Marquet.

Rostand was admitted to the Académie française in 1903. In 1918, he succumbed to the then world's rampant Spanish flu.

Works

Rostand wrote neo-romantic verse dramas, inter alia, The distant Princess (1895 ), one written for Sarah Bernhardt Troubadourtragödie. With his heroic comedy from the high-minded poet and daredevil Cyrano de Bergerac ( 1897) he created a coveted role of actors and in his country a genuine folk piece that was far more successful on the borders of France. In 1899 he wrote the woman of Samaria, 1900 The young eagle, 1910 Chantecler. One of the few works from the estate is Don Juan last night.