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Jean Genet ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ]; 19 December 1910 – 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.
Died At Age: 75. Family: father: Frédéric Blanc. mother: Camille Gabrielle Genet. Born Country: France. Poets Novelists. Died on: April 14, 1986. place of death: Paris, France. Cause of Death: Throat Cancer. City: Paris. More Facts. You wanted to know. 1. What literary works is Jean Genet known for?
Jean Genet (born Dec. 19, 1910, Paris, France—died April 15, 1986, Paris) was a French criminal and social outcast turned writer who, as a novelist, transformed erotic and often obscene subject matter into a poetic vision of the universe and, as a dramatist, became a leading figure in the avant-garde theatre, especially the Theatre of the Absurd.
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The French writer Jean Genet {zhuh-nay'}, b. Dec. 19, 1910, d. Apr. 15, 1986, was a novelist and exponent of the theater of the absurd. Discovered and championed by the existentialist Jean Paul Sartre , Genet was an orphan, thief, and homosexual who had spent most of his youth in prison.
The 70-year-old writer, who was suffering from throat cancer and finding it difficult to speak, reluctantly agreed. “I will respond,” Genet said, “to one question only: why am I not in prison?”
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Apr 16, 1986 · Jean Genet - playwright, novelist, poet and one of the revolutionary artists of the 20th century - died yesterday morning in the Paris hotel where he lived. He was 75 years old.
