French writer and film director (1889–1963). Jean Cocteau was born on 5 July 1889 in what is now France. Jean Cocteau is remembered as a painter, playwright and film director, a citizen of France. Notable works include “Orpheus”, “The Blood of a Poet” and “Beauty and the Beast”. Positions held included President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival and Member of the Académie française.
Before and after
- 20 April 1889Birth of Adolf Hitler
- 26 April 1889Birth of Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 28 April 1889Birth of António de Oliveira Salazar
- 11 June 1889Birth of Anna Akhmatova
- 5 July 1889Birth of Jean Cocteau
- 8 July 1889Launch of The Wall Street Journal
- 21 September 1889Founding of General Conference on Weights and Measure
- 23 September 1889Founding of Nintendo
- 26 September 1889Birth of Martin Heidegger
More in Art, literature & culture
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- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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