Writing
Jean Genet
Birth Date
December 19, 1910
Death Date
April 15, 1986
(passed away at 75)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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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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TV Show
Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
1975 • 1 episode
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Movie
Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)
2023
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Disorder
Self
1950
Movie
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Self
2010
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Song of Love
Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
1972
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Chicago
Self
1968
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Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Self
1970
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Shiraz 70
1970
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Writer (archive footage)
2019
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Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Self
1982
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Mayday
Self
1970