NOM : Perez Garcia

PRÉNOM : Carlos

Classe : 4G

Edmond Rostand, born April 1, 1868 in Marseille and died

December 2, 1918 in Paris, was a French writer, playwright,
poet and essayist. He is the author of one of the most famous
plays of French theatre, Cyrano de Bergerac.

Why did Edmond Rostand become famous?

He marked the French theater with Cyrano de Bergerac

After poetry, Edmond Rostand is passionate about theater, and
begins to write for the Comédie Française. In 1894, his play
"Les Romanesques", inspired by the story of "Romeo and
Juliet", met with great success.

Which piece by Rostand was successful?

He is the author of one of the most famous plays of French

theatre, Cyrano de Bergerac. For the record, it is said that every
evening, somewhere in the world, a curtain rises on a Cyrano
de Bergerac! He died, aged 50, in Paris, on December 2, 1918,
carried away by the Spanish flu.

Edmond Rostand dies of the Spanish flu.