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Jean Cocteau

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born
July 05, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte, France

died
October 11, 1963

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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, 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 lived thro...more


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Books by Jean Cocteau

Average rating: 3.89 · 2,520 ratings · 180 reviews · 150 distinct works
The Holy Terrors
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 944 ratings — published 1929 — 32 editions
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions
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Opium: The Diary of His Cure
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions
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The White Book
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1928 — 7 editions
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The Difficulty of Being
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1964 — 6 editions
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Les Parentes Terribles
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1938 — 6 editions
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Beauty and the Beast: Diary...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions
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Thomas the Impostor
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1923 — 2 editions
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Jean Cocteau: Orphee
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Quotes by Jean Cocteau

“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
― Jean Cocteau
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“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”
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“Art is science made clear.”
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