| Jean Cocteau: A Life | |
| Author: | Claude Arnaud |
| Title Orig: | Jean Cocteau |
| Orig Lang Code: | fr |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Subject: | Jean Cocteau |
| Genre: | biography |
| Publisher: | éditions Gallimard |
| Pub Date: | 25 August 2003 |
| English Pub Date: | 27 September 2016 |
| Pages: | 864 |
| Isbn: | 9782070752331 |
Jean Cocteau: A Life, original title Jean Cocteau, is a biography about the French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. It was written by Claude Arnaud and published by éditions Gallimard on 25 August 2003. Yale University Press published it in English on 27 September 2016.[1] [2] [3]
The book was awarded the 2004 from the Académie Française.[4] The English-language translators, Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell, received the French-American Foundation's translation prize.[5]