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Cyrano de Bergerac

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This article is about the French dramatist. For the play by Edmond Rostand, see Cyrano de Bergerac (play). For other works with this title, see Cyrano de Bergerac (disambiguation). Cyrano de Bergerac Native name Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac Born Savinien de Cyrano ( 1619-03-06 ) 6 March 1619 [note 1] Paris, [1] France Died 28 July 1655 (1655-07-28) (aged 36) Sannois, France Occupation Novelist, playwright, duelist Language French Nationality French Period 1653–1662 Literature portal Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (6 [note 1] March 1619 – 28 July 1655) 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 seventeenth century. Today he is best known as the inspiration for Edmond Rostand's most noted drama Cyrano de Bergerac , which, although it includes elements of his life, also contains invention and myth. Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence i...