Jean Genet
Jean Genet 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Grand prix national des Lettres🏆 Pleiades Prize🏆 star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
Trending & Selected Quotes
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"The Day the Palestinians become institutionalized, I will no longer be on their side."
"I suffered at the time from an ugliness I no longer find on my childhood face."
"But--criminals are remote from you--as in love, they turn away and turn me away from the world and its laws. Thiers smells of sweat, sperm, and blood. In short, to my body and my thristy soul it offer…"
"Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. I wondered at its perfect coherence, which rejected me."
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Timeline
1910
Born
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Died
Death
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