Maurice Rostand
Maurice Rostand | |
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Born | Paris, France | 26 May 1891
Died | 21 February 1968 Ville-d'Avray, France | (aged 76)
Occupation | Novelist, dramatist, poet |
Nationality | French |
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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
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
- ^ "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.
External links
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- Maurice Rostand at IMDb
- Works by Maurice Rostand at Open Library