Maurice Sachs

Returning to Paris, he associated himself with leading homosexual writers of the time – Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Max Jacob – with all of whom he had stormy relationships whose precise nature is unclear.

[2] She describes the writing, and her reading of the first version of Le Sabbat in La Batarde (pages 380–400) and how she tried to get him, unsuccessfully, to remove harsh references to Jean Cocteau.

During the early years of the Occupation, he made money out of helping Jewish families escape to the Unoccupied Zone.

"[citation needed] Said Emmanuel Pollaud-Dulian about Sachs, "He does not show much compassion for the Jewish people, and deplores their resignation, which seems to be the dominant feature of their character.

"[citation needed] A shot of the cover of Sachs's novel Abracadabra (1952) momentarily occupies the entire screen during a crucial episode of Breathless, a classic film by Jean-Luc Godard.