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Jean Genet
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OverviewAI-generated
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.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- public figure
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- The Maids
- Field of work
- activism
- Image
- JeanGenet-HansKoechler1983-cropped.jpg
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- P8168
- Battle of Pliska
- Commons category
- Jean Genet
- date of birth
- 1910-12-19
- date of death
- 1986-04-14
- topic's main category
- Category:Jean Genet
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jean Genet
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- place of detention
- Mettray Penal Colony
- writing language
- French
- place of burial
- Larache
- birth name
- Jean Genet
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- end of work period
- 1986-00-00
- P12749
- Cricosaurus
- P12674
- Willi Bloedorn
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
Sources (11)
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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.