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French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

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Jean Genet was a French writer whose professional career spanned from 1942 until his death. Born on 19 December 1910, he passed away on 15 April 1986. His literary output includes works such as *Here and now for Bobby Seale*, *L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti*, *Nuestra Señora de las Flores*, *Maids*, and *La galère*.

Genet’s writings have been cataloged across various platforms, with Open Library listing 259 works associated with his name. He is also recognized in music databases, where his name appears with tags including poetry, chanson, and kaffequeeria. Additionally, his words are preserved in quote collections, featuring statements on themes of violence, identity, and personal experience.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1910-12-19
Active to
1986-04-15

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
193
Total plays
1,631

Tags

poetrychansonkaffequeeria

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

via Last.fm · Jean Genet

Quotes

  • This violence is a calm that disturbs you.
  • But I would adore that thief who is my mother.
  • If the hero join combat with night and conquer it, may shreds of it remain upon him!
  • I suffered at the time from an ugliness I no longer find on my childhood face.
  • By remaining inaccessible, he became the epitome of those whom I have named and who stagger me. I was therefore chaste.
  • Fierce and pure, I was the theater of a fairyland restored to life.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Jean Genet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jean Genet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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