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Jean Cocteau

Born

in Maisons-Laffitte, France

July 05, 1889

Died

October 11, 1963

Website

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/JeanCocteau.html

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Plays

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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Along with other Surrealists of his generation (Jean Anouilh and René Char for example) Cocteau grappled with the "algebra" of verbal codes old and new, mise en scène language and technologies of modernism to create a paradox: a classical avant-garde. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Colette, Édith Piaf, whom he cast in one of his one act plays entitled Le Bel Indifferent in 1940, and Raymond Radiguet.

His work was played out in the theatrical world of the Grands Theatres, the Boulevards and beyond during the Parisian epoque he both l ...more

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	The Holy Terrors by Jean Cocteau, Rosamond Lehmann (translator) 3.71 avg rating — 7,329 ratings — published 1929 — 162 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Infernal Machine and Other Plays 3.82 avg rating — 2,602 ratings — published 1932 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Book by Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 959 ratings — published 1927 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opium: The Diary of His Cure by Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 1930 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau, Anthony Wood 3.96 avg rating — 616 ratings — published 1924 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Parents Terribles by Jean Cocteau, Jeremy Sams (Translation) 3.71 avg rating — 589 ratings — published 1938 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La machine infernale 3.71 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 1934 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Difficulty of Being by Jean Cocteau, Elizabeth Sprigge (Translator), Ned Rorem (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1947 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orphee 3.81 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1927 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas the Impostor by Jean Cocteau, Gilbert Adair (Introduction) 3.32 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1923 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Living is a horizontal fall.”
― Jean Cocteau, Opium: The Diary of His Cure

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“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”
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