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jean cocteau in pace / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-55815-9999339

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Scope and Contents

Wikipedia: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau( 5 July 1889 "“ 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María Félix, Édith Piaf and Raymond Radiguet. Houedard's epitaph to Cocteau probably relates to pace, the Latin word for peace. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 page (typed, typed colored)) ; 11 x 17 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf binder bedroom 2

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: dsh [typed] (u.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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