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Jean Genet

Writing

Jean Genet

EN, DE, FR, IT cinema · 27 credits

Born

19 December 1910

Died

15 April 1986 (aged 75)

Birthplace

Paris, France

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. 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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