French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
A 17th-century duelist who wrote some of the first science fiction — moon voyages powered by rockets, alien civilizations — then got eclipsed by the play that turned his life into myth.
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac lived as a French novelist, playwright, and duelist in the first half of the 17th century, his work part of the era's libertine literature. He published "L'Autre Monde: ou les États et Empires de la Lune" posthumously in 1657 and "Les États et Empires du Soleil" in 1662 — novels now recognized as classics of early modern science fiction, the first to depict space flight using rocket-propelled vessels and to introduce extraterrestrial Moon-Men. His blend of science and romance influenced Swift, Poe, and likely Voltaire; both Corneille and Molière borrowed from him…
Sourced, dated quotes from Cyrano de Bergerac
I think the Moon is a world like this one, and the Earth is its moon." My friends greeted this with a burst of laughter.
I had scarcely entered the room when I saw on my table an open book I had not put there. It was the works of Cardano.
I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to heaven.
With my equipment, I walked toward a thatched cottage from which I saw smoke emerging. I was scarcely within pistol-shot range when I was surrounded by a large number of savages.
I was presented to Monsieur de Montmagny, the viceroy. He asked my nationality, name, and rank.
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