Maurice Rostand (26 May 1891 – 21 February 1968) was a French author, the son of the poet and dramatist

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with th ...

and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist

Jean Rostand 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 ...

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

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...

and Lucien Daudet and was one of the

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exc ...

personalities who frequented the salons during the period between the wars. Rostand was defined as a pacifist and a leftist whose ideas bore him the hate of the far-right press, which mocked his homosexuality, particularly '' L'Action française'' and Émile Buré's ''L'Ordre.'' In 1948, he published his memoirs, ''Confession d'un demi-siècle''. He is interred in

Passy Cemetery Passy Cemetery () is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (''l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy'', located on Rue Lekain), which was closed in 1802. ...

Works

Plays

* ''La Gloire'', 1921 * ''La Mort de Molière'', Théâtre

Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, ...

, 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

External links

* * 1891 births 1946 deaths Burials at Passy Cemetery 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French novelists French LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights French LGBTQ poets French LGBTQ novelists French male poets French male novelists 20th-century French poets 20th-century French male writers French gay writers {{France-novelist-19thC-stub