Jean Genet
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Jean Genet was a French writer and political activist (1910-1986) who created novels, plays, and poetry often exploring themes of transgression and social outsiders. His provocative works and outspoken activism made him an influential and controversial figure in twentieth-century literature and politics.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 December 1910
- Died
- 15 April 1986
- Works
- 259
Top works
- Here and now for Bobby Seale
- L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti
- Nuestra Señora de las Flores
- Maids (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- La galère
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 193
- Total plays
- 1,631
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Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986) was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing. His major works include the novels Querelle of Brest, The Thief's Journal, and Our Lady of the Flowers, the plays The Balcony, The Blacks, The Maids and The Screens, and the short film Un Chant d'Amour. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Genet">Read more on Las
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Jean Genet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Jean Genet (/ʒəˈneɪ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ]; (1910-12-19)19 December 1910 – (1986-04-15)15 April 1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
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1910 births1986 deaths20th-century French criminals20th-century French dramatists and playwrights20th-century French essayists20th-century French male writers20th-century French novelists20th-century French poets20th-century French screenwritersAbsurdist writersCounterculture of the 1940sCounterculture of the 1950s