Jean Cocteau

January 10, 2024
Novelist

Quick Facts

Jean Cocteau
Full Name Jean Cocteau
Occupation Novelist
Date Of Birth Jul 5, 1889(1889-07-05)
Age 135
Date Of Death October 11, 1963, Milly-la-Forêt, France
Birthplace Maisons-Laffitte
Country France
Horoscope Cancer

Jean Cocteau Biography

Name Jean Cocteau
Birthday Jul 5
Birth Year 1889
Place Of Birth Maisons-Laffitte
Birth Country France
Birth Sign Cancer

Jean Cocteau is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on July 5, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte, France. French writer, artist, poet, and filmmaker best known for his 1929 novel Les Enfants Terribles. He directed the 1930 avant-garde film Blood of a Poet and the 1946 romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast.

He was close friends with cubist painter Pablo Picasso.

He was in a relationship with Jean Marais in the late 1930s. He had a son named Edouard Dermithe.

Jean Cocteau Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Novelist
House Living in own house.

Jean Cocteau is one of the richest Novelist from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean Cocteau 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He drove an ambulance in service to the Red Cross during World War I.

He directed an experimental play called La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), where a woman stands alone on stage speaking into the telephone to a former lover.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jean Cocteau Dating?

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Jean Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Jean Cocteau celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.

What was Jean Cocteau known for?

Jean Cocteau was an enormously influential French artist and writer known as one of the major figures of Dada and Surrealism. With an oeuvre that spanned painting, novels, poetry, plays, and films, Cocteau established himself as a leading creative force in Paris.

Is Jean Cocteau problematic?

Yet even now, Cocteau is a problematic figure. He was an artist – a high- functioning dilettante, counter his critics – whose interests were wider than the norm. His neo-classical style marked Cocteau out as an anti-Modernist from the start.

Where should I start with Jean Cocteau?

  • Jean Cocteau directing La Belle et la Bête (1946)
  • La Belle et la Bête (1946)
  • The Blood of a Poet (1930)
  • Les Enfants terribles (1950)
  • Testament of Orpheus (1960)

What is the meaning of Cocteau?

Definitions of Cocteau. French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963) synonyms: Jean Cocteau. example of: film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker. a producer of motion pictures.

What did Cocteau do during the First World War?

During World War I, Cocteau served as an ambulance driver on the Belgian front. The landscape he observed there was later used in his novel Thomas l’imposteur (1923; Thomas the Imposter or The Imposter).

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