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Jean Genet

Writing

  • Born
  • December 19, 1910
  • Died
  • April 15, 1986
  • Place of birth
  • Paris, France

Biography

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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Apostrophes poster
Apostrophes
1975
Little Girl Blue poster
Little Girl Blue
2023
Disorder poster
Disorder
1950
Chicago
1968
Song of Love poster
Song of Love
1972
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire poster
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
2010
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy poster
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
1970
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer poster
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
Shiraz 70 poster
Shiraz 70
1970
Mayday poster
Mayday
1970
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
1982

On the crew 17

Querelle poster
Querelle
1982
Genet à Chatila poster
Genet à Chatila
1999
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
1975
Ritual poster
Ritual
1975
Les Bonnes poster
Les Bonnes
1985
Poor Pretty Eddie poster
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
Song of Love poster
Song of Love
1972
Deathwatch poster
Deathwatch
1966
The Balcony poster
The Balcony
1963
Condemned and Possessed poster
Condemned and Possessed
1967
Mademoiselle poster
Mademoiselle
1966
Le sphinx poster
Le sphinx
1986
Serva e Padrona poster
Serva e Padrona
2003
Flowers and Beasts poster
Flowers and Beasts
2024
The Maids poster
The Maids
1975
Black Mirror poster
Black Mirror
1981
Un boxeur endormi
1993