Versatile French poet, playwright, film director, and artist (1889–1963); among his best-known works are the novel Les Enfants Terrible and the film La Belle et la Bête. ALS in French, signed upside down at the top by Cocteau, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Santo-Sospir letterhead, February 4, 1962. Untranslated letter to Jacques Lepage, editor of a literary magazine in which Cocteau published several articles. Cocteau writes about the Mediterranean Sea, with an annotation of Nietzsche and Picasso.In fine condition, with bisecting mailing folds, one through a single letter of signature. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.