Rostand, Maurice
Entry updated 22 September 2020. Tagged: Author.
(1891-1968) French playwright and author of marginal sf interest for Le Cercueil de Cristal (1920; trans Alys Eyre Macklin as The Crystal Coffin 1922), whose protagonist is seemingly possessed (see Decadence; Identity Transfer) by a Svengali-like mentor. [JC]
Maurice Rostand
born Paris: 26 May 1891
died Ville-d'Avray, France: 21 February 1968
works
- Le Cercueil de Cristal (Paris: Les Fleures de France, 1920) [binding unknown/]
- The Crystal Coffin (London: A M Philpot, 1921) [trans by Alys Eyre Macklin of the above: hb/]
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