Jean Cocteau

Cocteau in 1923 Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th-century art. The ''National Observer'' suggested that, "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man.".

He is best known for his novels ''Le Grand Écart'' (1923), ''Le Livre blanc'' (1928), and ''Les Enfants Terribles'' (1929); the stage plays ''La Voix Humaine'' (1930), ''La Machine Infernale'' (1934), ''Les Parents terribles'' (1938), ''La Machine à écrire'' (1941), and ''L'Aigle à deux têtes'' (1946); and the films ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1930), ''Les Parents Terribles'' (1948), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1946), ''Orpheus'' (1950), and ''Testament of Orpheus'' (1960), which alongside ''Blood of a Poet'' and ''Orpheus'' constitute the so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of [the] avant-garde's most successful and influential filmmakers" by AllMovie. Cocteau, according to Annette Insdorf, "left behind a body of work unequalled for its variety of artistic expression."

Though his body of work encompassed many different mediums, Cocteau insisted on calling himself a poet, classifying the great variety of his works – poems, novels, plays, essays, drawings, films – as "poésie", "poésie de roman", "poésie de thêatre", "poésie critique", "poésie graphique" and "poésie cinématographique". Provided by Wikipedia
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    Los padres terribles ; La máquina de escribir / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 2005
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    Opium : journal d'une desintoxication / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1930
    Book
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    Oedipe-Roi ; Romeo et Juliette / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1928
    Book
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    Thomas l'imposteur : histoire / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1923
    Book
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    La bella y la bestia (diario de un film) / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1948
    Book
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    Teatro / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1952
    Book
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    Les enfants terribles. by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1963
    Book
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    Lettre a Jacques Maritain / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1926
    Book
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    Poésie critique : I. by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Teatro / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1957
    Book
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    Thomas l'imposteur. by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1964
    Book
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    Los niños terribles / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1938
    Book
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    Opio : diario de una desintoxicación / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1941
    Book
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    L'aigle à deux tétes / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1985
    Book
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    Thomas el impostor / by Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963

    Published 1981
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    Thomas l'imposteur : histoire / by Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963

    Published 1978
    Book
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    Les parents terribles / by Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963

    Published 1972
    Book
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    Antigone ; Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel / by Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963

    Published 1928
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    Opéra ; suivi de Plain-chant / by Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963

    Published 1959
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