Famous Cancer Poets

Birthdate: July 5, 1889

Birthplace: Maisons-Laffitte, France

Died: October 11, 1963

While Jean Cocteau preferred calling himself a poet, his multidimensional works consisted of novels such as Les Enfants Terribles and films directed by him such as La Belle et la Bête. Cocteau relied on motifs such as eyes, blood, and mirrors, and mingled mythology and modernism.