2-358-653 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist, 1908. Associated with the neo-Romantic movement, Rostand (1868-1918) is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac, first performed in 1897, that was a huge popular success. In 1901 he became the youngest writer to be elected to the Academie Francaise. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.