Maurice Rostand

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Maurice Rostand
Maurice Rostand in 1928
Maurice Rostand in 1928
Born(1891-05-26)26 May 1891
Paris, France
Died21 February 1968(1968-02-21) (aged 76)
Ville-d'Avray, France
OccupationNovelist, dramatist, poet
NationalityFrench
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Caricature of Rostand by Barrère

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.

Rostand was a writer of poems, novels, and plays. He was friends with

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

Plays

  • 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

  • Les Insomnies Poemes 1914–1923, 1923
  • L'homme que j'ai tué, 1925
  • Confession d'un demi-siècle, 1948
  • Sarah Bernhardt, 1950

Biography

  • Marcel Migeo: Les Rostand, Paris, Stock, 1973. About Edmond, Rosemonde, Jean and Maurice Rostand.

References

  1. ^ "Jean Cocteau - Biography". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  2. ^ "GLBTQ >> literature >> French Theater". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

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