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Jean Genet
Paris, France
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 maj…
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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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2026
May Day x 4
Movie Self
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2024
Flowers and Beasts
Movie Novel
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2023
Little Girl Blue
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Movie Self - Writer (archive footage)
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2010
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Movie Self
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2003
Serva e Padrona
Movie Novel
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1999
Genet à Chatila
Movie Writer
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1993
Un boxeur endormi
Movie Poem
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1986
Le sphinx
Movie Other
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1985
Les Bonnes
Movie Writer
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1982
Querelle
Movie Novel
- 1982
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1981
Black Mirror
Movie Story
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1975
Ritual
Movie Original Story
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1975
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
Movie Writer
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1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
Movie Novel
More credits
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1975
The Maids
Movie Theatre Play
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1972
Song of Love
Movie Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
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1970
Mayday
Movie Self
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1970
Shiraz 70
Movie
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1970
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Movie Self
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1968
Chicago
Movie Self
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1967
Condemned and Possessed
Movie Poem
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1966
Mademoiselle
Movie Story
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1966
Deathwatch
Movie Writer
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1963
The Balcony
Movie Theatre Play
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1950
Disorder
Movie Self
