Maurice Rostand
(1891 - February 21, 1968) France
Playwright, poet
 Maurice was the son of the noted poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist Jean Rostand.
A playwright, he was a writer of poems, novels, and plays. He was friends with Jean Cocteau and Lucien Daudet and was one of the noted homosexual personalities that frequented the salons during the period between the wars.
In 1948, he published his memoirs, Confession d'un demi-siècle.
He is interred in Passy Cemetery.
His work include:
- Cercueil de cristal (1920)
- La Déserteuse (1926)
- La nuit des amants (1927)
- La Femme qui était en lui (1933)
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