Film-maker, novelist, artist, playwright, entrepreneur, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) regarded himself above all as a poet. No matter how diverse or prolific his creativity, he saw poetry as central to his vision of all the arts. And it was as a poet that he began his career, publishing "Le Cap de Bonne-Esperance" in 1919, and it was in this vocation that he published "Le Requiem" in 1962, shortly before his death. While Cocteau's prose has found sympathetic translators, no substantial collection of his poetry exists in English. Drawing on poems from all stages of Cocteau's life, Jeremy Reed has rectified this deficiency by translating a generous selection of some of Cocteau's most durable poems.
- ISBN10 1870612124
- ISBN13 9781870612128
- Publish Date 1 September 1997 (first published 19 May 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Enitharmon Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 150
- Language English