Jacques Prévert
Writing
February 4, 1900
Died: April 11, 1977
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).
