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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac
Born 6 March 1619(1619-03-06)
Flag of France Paris, France
Died 28 July 1655 (aged 36)
Flag of France Paris, France
Occupation Playwright, Military
Bust of Cyrano.
Bust of Cyrano. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking

Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French dramatist and duelist who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat In these fictional works he is featured with an overly large nose; portraits suggest that he did have a big nose, though not nearly as large as described in Rostand's play and the subsequent works about him. Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand ( April 1, 1868 &ndash December 2, 1918) was a French Poet and Dramatist. There is a statue of him in Bergerac, Dordogne, the French market town. Bergerac (Brageirac is a commune and a Sub-prefecture of the Dordogne department in southwestern France. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets

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Cyrano de Bergerac-- born Savinien de Cyrano-- was born into an old Parisian family and spent much of his childhood in Saint-Forget (now Yvelines). Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Saint-Forget is a Village and commune in the Yvelines département of northern France. Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. He went to school in Paris and spent his adult life there when he was not on a military campaign. He was not, therefore, a Gascon. Gascony (Gascogne gaskɔɲ Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France Many of his fellow soldiers would have been Gascon, and their swashbuckling manner was much admired; so he may have cultivated a myth of Gascon origins. Although it is true that he was a popular poet and a fine swordsman who fought many duels, the real Cyrano de Bergerac had little in common with the hero of the play bearing his name, with those abilities exaggerated by its author, Rostand. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. Cyrano de Bergerac's writings do indicate however that he had an unusually large nose, which he was quite proud of.

Though not as famous as his classical contemporaries, Bergerac was a successful writer. The playwright Molière even borrowed a scene from Le Pédant Joué. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French Bergerac's most prominent works are his duo of proto-science fiction novels,The Other World: The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (1657) and "The Comical History of the States and the Empires of the Sun" (incomplete at his death) which describe fictional journeys to the Moon and Sun. The methods of space travel he described are inventive, often ingenious, and sometimes rooted in science. Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space. They reflect the materialist philosophy of which Bergerac was a devotee. It should be noted, however, that Bergerac's primary purpose in writing those early science fiction novels was to criticize subtly the anthropocentric view of our place in creation, as well as the social injustices of the 17th century. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar "The Other World" was subjected to censorship.

There has been considerable speculation among historians and other scholars about his sexuality. It is believed that around 1640 he became the lover of Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, a writer and musician, until around 1653, when they became engaged in a bitter rivalry. Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy or D'Assouci ( October 16, 1604, Paris - October 29, 1677, Paris) was a French This led to Bergerac sending d'Assoucy death threats that compelled him to leave Paris. A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, against a person to kill him or her The quarrel extended to a series of satirical texts by both men. Bergerac wrote Contre Soucidas (an anagram of his enemy's name) and Contre un ingrat ("Against an Ingrate"), while D’Assoucy counterattacked with Le Combat de Cyrano de Bergerac avec le singe de Brioché au bout du Pont-Neuf ("The Battle of Cyrano de Bergerac with Brioché's Monkey on the Pont-Neuf"). An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play The Pont Neuf, French for the "New Bridge" is the oldest standing Bridge across the river Seine in Paris.

The model of the Roxane who appears in the Rostand play was Bergerac's cousin, who lived with his aunt Catherine de Cyrano at the Convent of the Daughter of the Cross, where he was tended for injuries sustained from a falling beam. [1] As in the play, he did fight at the siege of Arras (1640), a battle of the Thirty Years' War between France and Spanish forces in the Netherlands (though this was not the more famous final Battle of Arras (1654)). Arras (Atrecht is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Battle of Arras, fought on August 25, 1654, was a victory of the French army under Turenne against the Spanish army under Don Fernidand de Salis and One of his confreres in the battle was the Baron of Neuvillette, who married Cyrano's cousin. However, the play's plotline involving Roxane and Christian is almost entirely fictional -- the real Cyrano did not write the Baron's love letters for him.

Cyrano was a freethinker and a pupil of Pierre Gassendi, a canon of the Catholic Church who tried to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity. Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that Beliefs should be formed on the basis of Science and Logic and should not be influenced Pierre Gassendi ( January 22, 1592 &ndash October 24, 1655) was a French Philosopher, priest, Scientist In Natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects in the universe are composed of very small indestructible building blocks - Atoms Or stated in Cyrano's insistence on reason was rare in his time, and he would have been at home in the Enlightenment that came a century after his death. In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286 The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century

He died in Sannois in 1655, at the age of 36. Sannois is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.

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In 1897, the French poet Edmond Rostand published a play, Cyrano de Bergerac, on the subject of Cyrano's life. This article is a general introduction to French literature For detailed information on French literature in specific historic periods see the separate historical articles in the Medieval French literature is for the purpose of this article Literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle For more information on historical developments in this period see Renaissance, History of France, and Early Modern France. French literature of the 17th century &mdashthe so-called Grand Siècle &mdashspans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici French literature of the 18th century usually refers to the literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798 the year French literature of the nineteenth century is for the purpose of this article literature written in French from (roughly 1799 to 1900 French literature of the twentieth century is for the purpose of this article literature written in French from (roughly 1895 to 1990 Contemporary French literature is French literature roughly from the 1990s to Today. Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality by date of birth Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand ( April 1, 1868 &ndash December 2, 1918) was a French Poet and Dramatist. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. This play, by far Rostand's most successful work, concentrates on Cyrano's love for the beautiful Roxane, whom he is obliged to woo on behalf of a more conventionally handsome but less articulate friend, Christian de Neuvillette. The play has been adapted for cinema several times, most recently in 1990 with Gerard Depardieu in the title role. Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu CQ (born 27 December 1948) is one of France's most prominent actors The title role in the Performing arts is the performance Part that gives the title to the piece as in Aida, Giselle, The most famous film version in English is the 1950 film, with José Ferrer in the title role, a performance for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Cyrano de Bergerac ( 1950) is a Black-and-white Feature film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine Verse José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican theater and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Ferrer reprised the role in the 1960 French film Cyrano et d'Artagnan, directed by Abel Gance, opposite Jean-Pierre Cassel as D'Artagnan. The cinema of France comprises the art of Film making within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad Abel Gance (25 October 1889 - 10 November 1981 was a French Film director, producer, Writer, Actor and editor best Jean-Pierre Cassel ( October 27 1932 - April 19 2007) was a French Actor. Charles de Batz-Castelmore Comte d'Artagnan (c Lupiac 1611 - 25 June, Maastricht Much later, Cassel made a cameo appearance as Cyrano de Bergerac in The Return of the Musketeers: the character was depicted as fifty-something and attempting to travel to the Moon with the aid of a balloon. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père. "Ballooning" redirects here For the behavior of Spiders and other Arthropods see Ballooning (spider. Other film interpretations include Roxanne, starring Steve Martin, and the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs. Roxanne is a Comedy film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah. Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Writer, The Truth About Cats & Dogs is a 1996 American film a Romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin Cyrano Fernández (2007) is a retelling from Venezuela, set in contemporary times, in which Cyrano is disfigured but lacks the large nose. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the

Geraldine McCaughrean rewrote the play as a novel entitled Cyrano, which was longlisted for the Carnegie Award in 2007. Geraldine McCaughrean (pronounced "Muh- cork -ran" (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. In 1936, Franco Alfano composed his opera, Cyrano de Bergerac, to a libretto based on the play. Franco Alfano ( March 8, 1875 &ndash October 27, 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist. Cyrano de Bergerac is a four-act Opera with music by Franco Alfano, and libretto by Henri Cain, based on Edmond Rostand 's drama Most recently, David DiChiera rewrote the play as another opera entitled Cyrano, which was produced first by Michigan Opera Theater and then by the Opera Company of Philadelphia (February 2008). The Opera Company of Philadelphia is an Opera company in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

The character of Cyrano also inspired a song, "Cyrano," by Italian performer Francesco Guccini about the hypocrisy, servitude to conventions, and superficialities of modern show business and political society. Francesco Guccini (born June 14, 1940) is an Italian Singer-songwriter and author Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the main characters in Philip José Farmer's Riverworld novels. Philip José Farmer (born January 26 1918) is an American Author, principally known for his Science fiction and fantasy Riverworld is a Fictional universe and the setting for a series of Science fiction Books written by Philip José Farmer.

A couple of characters in modern works are based on Cyrano, although not named as such. Robert Heinlein's Glory Road features a cameo appearance by such a figure. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Glory Road is a Fantasy Novel by Robert A Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as The Swordmaster in Alain Ayrole's and Jean-Luc Masbou's French comic book De cape et de crocs portrays a colorful gentleman living on the Moon, at ease either with a sword or with a sonnet, and using both to silence those foolish enough to mock his prominent nose!

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