Cocteau: A Biography
Examines the life, work, thought, and preoccupations, of the multi-talented artist against the age in which he flourished.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- David R Godine Pub
- Year
- 1986
- ISBN-13
- 9780879236069
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Jean CocteauArtistic life20th century French culture
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1971)
Other awarded books from Francis Steegmuller
- "Your Isadora": The Love Story of Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig
- Apollinaire: Poet among the Painters
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