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- 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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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.
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Apr 11, 2024 · 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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Jean Genet was a French playwright, novelist, essayist, poet, and political activist. Born to a prostitute, Genet started his life as a vagabond and a petty thief. However, his writings in prison revealed his true forté. He was patronized by writers such as Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sartre.
May 18, 2018 · Jean Genet. Dubbed "the Black Prince of letters," by his discoverer, Jean Cocteau, the French novelist and playwright Jean Genet (1910-1986) was obsessed with the illusory, perverse, and grotesque elements of human experience. His works present the world of the isolated and despairing outcast.
Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist.
PDF Cite Share. Article abstract: Genet was one of the major innovators in French theater in the period following World War II. His work helped transform concepts of Western drama and marked one of...
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