''Diego et Frida'' is a

biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...

of Mexican painters

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

and Frida Kahlo by French Nobel laureate

J. M. G. Le Clézio Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel '' Le ...

. It was originally published in the French language in 1993. Diego et Frida occupies a special place in Le Clézio's creative output: it is the only story that the writer devotes completely to artists. The cover art includes Kahlo's 1931 painting ''

Frieda and Diego Rivera ''Frieda and Diego Rivera'' (''Frieda y Diego Rivera'' in Spanish) is a 1931 oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. This portrait was created two years after Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera married, and is widely considered a wedding portrait. ...

''.

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''Diego et Frida''
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DIEGO AND FRIDA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diego Et Frida 1993 non-fiction books Essays by J. M. G. Le Clézio French biographies Biographies about artists Cultural depictions of Frida Kahlo Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio