Jean Genet

Jean Genet
Jean Genet in 1983
Born	(1910-12-19)19 December 1910 Paris, France
Died	15 April 1986(1986-04-15) (aged 75) Paris, France
Occupation	Novelist dramatist political activist poet philosopher
Genre	Theatre of Cruelty, erotic, theatre, absurdist
Subject	Crime, homosexuality, sadomasochism, existentialism
Literary movement	Theatre of the Absurd
Notable works	Our Lady of the Flowers (1943) The Thief's Journal (1949) The Maids (1947) The Balcony (1956)
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Jean Genet (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.^[1]