biography
pronunciation:
[rostã]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1868–1918)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Marseille, S France. After some early poetry, he achieved international and enduring fame with his play, Cyrano de Bergerac (1897, filmed 1950, 1990), the story of the gifted nobleman who felt no-one could love him because of his enormous nose. This was followed by several other verse-plays, such as L'Aiglon (1900, The Eaglet) and Chantecler (1910). |
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