Jean Cocteau: A Life
 English language book cover for Jean Cocteau: A Life (2016 printed) | |
| Author | Claude Arnaud |
|---|---|
| Original title | Jean Cocteau |
| Translator | |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Jean Cocteau |
| Genre | biography |
| Publisher | éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 25 August 2003 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 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 Prix Amic from the Académie Française.[4] The English-language translators, Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell, received the French-American Foundation's translation prize.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jean Cocteau: A Life". Kirkus Reviews. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Stillman, Anne (13 July 2013). "Cocteaux". London Review of Books. 39 (14). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Jean Cocteau: A Life". Kirkus Reviews. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Prix Amic" (in French). Académie Française. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Lauren Elkin: 'I felt like I was in De Beauvoir's body'". The Guardian. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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