Jean Cocteau
Noun
Meaning
French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963)
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After being released from prison, Genet sought out the writer, Jean Cocteau, who was impressed by Genet’s work, and even petitioned the French president, along with Jean-Paul Sartre, to exonerate Genet, after being faced with a life sentence.
He first worked as an assistant in the House of Paquin, and also collaborated with Jean Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli and Christian Dior.
Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published after the death of both correspondents.
Not only was he the principal composer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, but he also collaborated with Picasso (Pulcinella, 1920), Jean Cocteau ( Oedipus Rex main, 1927), and George Balanchine ( Apollon musagète main, 1928).