What is Cyrano de Bergerac?
{{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]].--> | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac | native_name_lang = fr | pseudonym = | birth_name = Savinien de Cyrano | birth_date = {{birth date|1619|3|6|df=y}}<ref group=note name=birthdate>Though often cited as his date of birth, the 6th of March is actually the date of his baptism. At the time, it was usual for a baptism to take place within 3 days of birth and in Paris, with easy access to a priest, it would have been possible that it happened on the same day. However, the actual date remains unknown.</ref> <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Paris,<ref name=Voy>Chronologie, Voyage dans la lune, Garnier-Flammarion 1970, p. 7</ref> France | death_date = {{death date and age|1655|7|28|1619|3|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Sannois]], France | resting_place = | occupation = [[Novelist]], [[playwright]], [[duel]]ist | language = French | nationality = French | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1653–1662 | genre = <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = }} '''Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ɪr|ə|n|oʊ|_|d|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɜːr|ʒ|ə|r|æ|k|,_|-|_|ˈ|b|ɛər|-}} {{respell|SIRR|ə|noh|_|də|_|BUR|zhə|rak|,_–_|BAIR|-}}, {{IPA-fr|savinjɛ̃ d(ə) siʁano d(ə) bɛʁʒəʁak|lang}}; 6 March 1619&nbsp;– 28 July 1655) was a French [[novelist]], [[playwright]], [[Letter (message)|epistolarian]] and [[duel]]ist. He is best known as the inspiration for [[Edmond Rostand]]'s most well known drama ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (1897). =