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  1. BornSavinien de Cyrano · c. 6 March 1619 · Paris, France
    Died28 July 1655 (aged 36) · Sannois, France
    LanguageFrench
    Cyrano's Legacy on Screen and Stage
    Cyrano's Legacy on Screen and Stage
    He was a poet, a soldier, a duelist, and a lover. He was also a man of courage, wit, and generosity. He was Cyrano de Bergerac, the inspiration for one of the most famous plays in French literature.
    Overview

    Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
    A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th … See more

    Life

    Cyrano's short life is poorly documented. Certain significant chapters of his life are known only from the Preface to the Histoire Comique par Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac, Contenant les Estats & Empires de la Lune (… See more

    Life and works

    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 … See more

    In fiction and media

    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, revol… See more

     
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