Was Jean Cocteau the author of beauty and the beast?

Answer:
No Jean Cocteau was the film director of La Belle et la Beta (which is Beauty and the Beast in French) in 1946. The real author of Beauty and the Beast varies but the first BOOK written about Beauty and the Beast was by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.

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