Cyrano de Bergerac
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French novelist and dramatist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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 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.
