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.
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Born | (1891-05-26)26 May 1891 Paris, France |
Died | 21 February 1968(1968-02-21) (aged 76) Ville-d'Avray, France |
Occupation | Novelist, dramatist, poet |
Nationality | French |
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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.
Some works were written in collaboration with his mother, Rosemonde Gérard.
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