Maurice Rostand

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 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.

  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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