Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: / ˈkɒktoʊ / KOK-toh, US: / kɒkˈtoʊ / kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, …

Jean Cocteau (born July 5, 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, France—died October 11, 1963, Milly-la-Forêt, near Paris) was a French poet, librettist, novelist, actor, film director, and painter.

Apr 25, 2024 · Jean Cocteau, the French poet, playwriter, director, artist and author whose life was as turbulent and eclectic as his oeuvre.

Cocteau explored writing, painting and drawing, theatre and film, and linked disparate forms of art making in explorations of myth, dream, and sexual identity.

Jean Cocteau had a wide-ranging career as a poet, dramatist, screenwriter, and novelist.

Jan 18, 2024 · Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889-1963) was a prince of bohème. A significant figure in the European art of the 20th century, Cocteau called himself a poet in the …

Jean Cocteau was a multifaceted intellectual who, from the 1920s to the 1950s, worked as a writer, draftsman, painter, printmaker, stage designer, and filmmaker.

Apr 22, 2024 · Jean Cocteau navigated through his existence as an explorer of the human soul, living a life as rich and colorful as his works. Born in 1889 near Paris, his artistic trajectory began early, …

Jean Cocteau, at the height of his fame, experienced a period of intense creativity, marked by the ‘avant-garde’. He collaborated with musicians such as Érik Satie (Parade, 1917) and Darius Milhaud, …

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (French, born July 5, 1889–died October 11, 1963) was among the best, most multi-talented artists of the 20th century. He was a novelist, poet, designer, dramatist, …