ABSTRACT
Born: July 5, 1889; Maisons-Laffitte, France Died: October 11, 1963; Milly-la-Foret, France Areas of Achievement: Literature, film, and art Contribution: From the years before World War I
until his death in 1963, Cocteau enriched the cultural life of France with his highly creative contributions to such diverse fields as literature, ballet, art, and cinema. His works express with great lucidity a pessimistic view of the world that continues to fascinate admirers of Cocteau's films, novels, plays, and poems.
