Sources
Cyrano's short life is poorly documented. Certain significant chapters of his life are known only from the Preface to the Histoire Comique par … See more

Rostand
In 1897, the French poet Edmond Rostand published a play, Cyrano de Bergerac, telling of the life of a fictionalized Cyrano with an abnormally large nose. This play, which became Rostand's most successful work, revolves … See more

• Asteroid 3582 Cyrano, named after de Bergerac See more

• Advielle, Victor (1877). Le Siège d'Arras en 1640, d'après la "Gazette" du temps [The Siege of Arras in 1640, according to the "Gazette" of the … See more

He was the son of Abel de Cyrano, lord of Mauvières and Bergerac, and Espérance Bellanger. He received his first education from a country priest and had for a fellow pupil his friend and future biographer Henri Lebret. He then proceeded to Paris and the heart of the See more

Original editions
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1654). La Mort d'Agrippine, tragédie, par Mr de Cyrano Bergerac [The … See more

1. ^ Though often cited as his date of birth, the 6th of March is actually the date of his baptism. At the time, it was usual for a baptism to take place within 3 days of birth and in Paris, with easy access to a priest, it would have been possible that it happened on the … See more