Jean Maurice Eug\u00e8ne Cl\u00e9ment Cocteau (French pronunciation: [\u0292\u0251\u0303 k\u0254kto]; 5 July 1889 \u2013 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Along with other avant-garde artists of his generation (Jean Anouilh and Ren\u00e9 Char for example) Cocteau grappled with the algebra of verbal codes old and new, mise en sc\u00e8ne language and technologies of modernism to create a paradox: a classical avant-garde.[citation needed] His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, Mar\u00eda F\u00e9lix, \u00c9dith Piaf (whom he cast in one of his one-act plays entitled Le Bel Indifferent in 1940), and Raymond Radiguet.<\/p>\n
His work was played out in the theatrical world of the Grands Theatres, the Boulevards and beyond during the Parisian epoque he both lived through and helped define and create. His versatile, unconventional approach and enormous output brought him international acclaim.<\/p>\n
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Jean Maurice Eug\u00e8ne Cl\u00e9ment Cocteau (French pronunciation: [\u0292\u0251\u0303 k\u0254kto]; 5 July 1889 \u2013 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Along with other avant-garde artists of his generation (Jean Anouilh and Ren\u00e9 Char for example) Cocteau grappled with the algebra of verbal codes old and new, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-38510","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n