All spiritual journeys are martyrdoms.
Jean Cocteau Quotes
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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| Birth: | 5th July, 1889 |
| Death: | 11th October, 1963 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter |
About
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was born in Maisons-Laffitte, France. He was a French painter, playwright, poet, novelist, screenwriter and film director. He directed and wrote several films include: The Blood of a Poet, Beauty and the Beast, The Eagle with Two Heads, The Storm Within, Orpheus, and Testament of Orpheus. He wrote several novels include: Le Potomak, Le Grand Écart, Le Livre blanc, Les Enfants Terribles, and La Fin du Potomak. He wrote several plays include: Orphée and La Machine Infernale. Some of his most important works include the poem L’Ange Heurtebise. At age 19 he published his first volume of poems, La Lampe d’Aladin(Aladdin's Lamp).
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