Cocteau, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément
(1889–1963)
Cocteau, Jean Maurice Eugène ClémentCocteau, Jean Maurice Eugène ClémentJean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (B * MAISONS-LAFITTE 1889 – D † MILLY-LA-FORÊT 1963) Prolific French poet, novelist, filmmaker, artist, playwright. Born into a privileged social milieu, he might have remained content to write facile, elegant poetry, but Diaghilev's (1872 – 1929) comment to the young man »Etonne-moi!« (Astonish me!) essentially started him on a path of feverish invention he never relaxed until his death…