Maurice Rostand (26 May 1891 – 21 February 1968) was a French author, the son of the poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist Jean Rostand.
Maurice Rostand | |
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 Maurice Rostand in 1928 | |
| Born | 26 May 1891 Paris, France |
| Died | 21 February 1968 (aged 76) Ville-d'Avray, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, dramatist, poet |
| Nationality | French |
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Rostand was a writer of poems, novels, and plays. He was friends with Jean Cocteau and Lucien Daudet and was one of the homosexual personalities who frequented the salons during the period between the wars.[1][2]
In 1948, he published his memoirs, Confession d'un demi-siècle. He is interred in Passy Cemetery.
Works
editPlays
edit- La Gloire, 1921
- La Mort de Molière, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, 1922
- Le Masque de fer, 1923
- Le Secret du Sphinx, pièce en 4 actes, 1924
- Monsieur de Letoriere: Piece en Quatre Actes et Cinq Tableaux en Vers, 1931
- Le procès d'Oscar Wilde, 1935
Some works were written in collaboration with his mother, Rosemonde Gérard.
Other
edit- Les Insomnies Poemes 1914–1923, 1923
- L'homme que j'ai tué, 1925
- Confession d'un demi-siècle, 1948
- Sarah Bernhardt, 1950
Biography
edit- Marcel Migeo: Les Rostand, Paris, Stock, 1973. About Edmond, Rosemonde, Jean and Maurice Rostand.
References
edit- ^ "Jean Cocteau - Biography". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "GLBTQ >> literature >> French Theater". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
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