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Jean Cocteau. 1889–1963. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS. Jean Cocteau had a wide-ranging career as a poet, dramatist, screenwriter, and novelist. “Cocteau’s willingness and ability to turn his hand to the most disparate creative ventures,” James P. Mc Nab wrote in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, “do not fit the ...
1 of 6. Summary of Jean Cocteau. Jean Cocteau worked across almost every artistic discipline, exploring writing, painting and drawing, theatre and film, linking disparate forms of art making in explorations of myth, contemporary life, dream and sexual identity.
Jean Cocteau was a multifaceted intellectual who, from the 1920s to the 1950s, worked as a writer, draftsman, painter, printmaker, stage designer, and filmmaker. Cocteau’s artistic practice was closely tied to his roles as an instigator and patron of the visual and literary French avant-gardes, as well as a socialite.
Cocteau considered himself a poet above all but worked in virtually every medium, including the theater and film. Some of his most important works include the poem L’Ange Heurtebise (1925); the play Orphée (1926); and the novels Les Enfants terribles (1929) and La Machine infernale (1934).
Jun 8, 2018 · DIED: 1963 Milly-la-Foret, France. NATIONALITY: French. GENRE: Fiction, plays, poetry, screenplays. MAJOR WORKS: Les Enfants Terribles (1929) The Infernal Machine (1934) Beauty and the Beast (1946) Orpheus (1950) Overview. Novels, poetry, lyrics, painting, movies, plays, and acting were all part of Jean Cocteau 's artistry.
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, filmmaker, artist, and playwright. He started writing at the age of 10, and, by age 16, was already an established poet.
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 broadest sense of the word: a poet, a playwright, a filmmaker, and an artist.
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