Maalesh jean cocteau biography

          Maalesh: A Theatrical Tour in the Middle East by Jean Cocteau.

        1. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
        2. "In this diary of a theatrical tour primarily centring on Egypt and Turkey, M. Cocteau has conveyed in inimitably beautiful prose the exoticism of the near Orient.
        3. Maalesh: a theatrical tour in the Middle-East.
        4. A Theatrical Tour in the Middle East, by Jean Cocteau.

          5. "In this diary of a theatrical tour primarily centring on Egypt and Turkey, M. Cocteau has conveyed in inimitably beautiful prose the exoticism of the near Orient..

          Jean Cocteau

          French writer and film director (1889–1963)

          Jean Cocteau

          Cocteau in 1923

          Born

          Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau


          (1889-07-05)5 July 1889

          Maisons-Laffitte, France

          Died11 October 1963(1963-10-11) (aged 74)

          Milly-la-Forêt, France

          Other namesThe Frivolous Prince
          Occupations
          • Poet
          • playwright
          • novelist
          • film director
          • visual artist
          • designer
          Years active1908–1963
          Partners
          • Raymond Radiguet (1919–1923)
          • Jean Bourgoint (1925)
          • Jean Desbordes (1926–1933)
          • Marcel Khill (1933–1937)
          • Jean Marais (1937–1947)
          • Édouard Dermit (1947–1963)
          Websitejeancocteau.net

          Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (KOK-toh, kok-TOH; French:[ʒɑ̃mɔʁisøʒɛnklemɑ̃kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.

          He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-century and hugely influential on the surrealist and Dadaist