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The book is illustrated by the author's own drawings. The novel was made into a film of the same name, a collaboration between Cocteau and director Jean-Pierre Melville, in 1950, [1] and inspired the opera of the same name by Philip Glass. [2] [3] Miloš Petrović composed a chamber opera based on the novel. [4]
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: / ˈ k ɒ k t oʊ / KOK-toh, US: / k ɒ k ˈ t oʊ / kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
Jean Cocteau: A Life, original title Jean Cocteau, is a biography about the French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. It was written by Claude Arnaud and published by éditions Gallimard on 25 August 2003. Yale University Press published it in English on 27 September 2016. [1] [2] [3]
Les Parents terribles is a 1938 French play written by Jean Cocteau.Despite initial problems with censorship, it was revived on the French stage several times after its original production, and in 1948 a film adaptation directed by Cocteau was released.
The original collection was made up of 102 pieces selected by Jean Cocteau specifically for this museum, including 70 drawings, 2 paintings, 3 lithographs, 2 tapestries and 11 ceramic pieces, all colorful works from Cocteau's Mediterranean period (1950–1963).
Orpheus, original title Orphée, is a stage play written by Jean Cocteau, produced in Paris 1926 by Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff, with decors by Jean Hugo and costumes by Coco Chanel. [1] The play was the first major work for the theater written by Cocteau. It is based on the myth of Orpheus, dealing largely with the supernatural. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Diary of a Cure is a 1930 work by the French artist and writer Jean Cocteau. The book details Cocteau's ...
Les Enfants Terribles by Jean Cocteau (France) A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (US) Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe; Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington (England) The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (US) Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos (Venezuela) Mario and the Magician by Thomas Mann (Germany) The Escaped Cock by D. H ...