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Rostand Island is a rocky island 400 m long and 200 m south-east of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean Rostand, noted French biologist. It is the site of the rock dome Tour de Pise.
Die Rostand-Insel (französisch Île Jean Rostand) ist eine kleine, 330 m lange Felseninsel vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Adélielands. Sie liegt 170 m südöstlich der Pétrel-Insel im Géologie-Archipel .
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Apr 4, 2024 · Notable Works: “Cyrano de Bergerac”. “L’Aiglon”. Edmond Rostand (born April 1, 1868, Marseille, France—died Dec. 2, 1918, Paris) was a French dramatist of the period just before World War I whose plays provide a final, very belated example of Romantic drama in France.
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Rostand was born in Marseille, France, into a wealthy and cultured Provençal family. His father was an economist, a poet who translated and edited the works of Catullus, and a member of the Marseille Academy and the Institut de France. Rostand studied literature, history, and philosophy at the Collège Stanislasin Paris, France.
When Rostand was twenty years old, his first play, a one-act comedy, Le Gant rouge, was performed at the Cluny Theatre, 24 August 1888, but it was almost unnoticed. He and his fiancée Rosemonde Gérard became friends with Emmanuel Chabrier in 1889, and the composer quickly set three of his poems (and two of hers) to music; the following year the two...
Rostand was married to the poet and playwright Rosemonde-Étienette Gérard who, in 1890, published Les Pipeaux: a volume of verse commended by the Academy. The couple had two sons, Jean and Maurice. During the 1900s, Rostand came to live in the Villa Arnaga in Cambo-les-Bains in the French Basque Country, seeking a cure for his pleurisy. The house i...
Le Gant rouge, 1888 (The Red Glove)Les Musardises, 1890Les Deux Pierrots, ou Le Souper blanc(The Two Pierrots, or The White Supper), 1891Les Romanesques, 1894 (basis for the 1960 off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks)Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac, Nick Hern Books, London, 1991. ISBN 978-1-85459-117-3Henry James in vol. 84, pp. 477 seq. The Cornhill Magazine.Marcel Migeo: Les Rostand, Paris, Stock, 1973. About Edmond, his wife Rosemonde, and their sons Jean and Maurice Rostand.Sue Lloyd: The Man who was Cyrano, a Life of Edmond Rostand, Creator of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', Genge Press, USA, 2003; UK 2007. ISBN 978-0-9549043-1-9French Wikisource has original text related to this article: Edmond RostandPetri Liukkonen. "Edmond Rostand". Books and Writers.Works by Edmond Rostand at Project GutenbergWorks by or about Edmond Rostand at Internet Archive- Poet, playwright
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Apr 1, 2024 · Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the.
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Rostand Island is a rocky island 400 m long and 200 m south-east of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean Rostand, noted French biologist. It is the site of the rock dome Tour de Pise. Antarctic Specially Protected Area
Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand (30 October 1894 – 4 September 1977) was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher . Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist.
