
Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1910-12-19
Deathday
1986-04-15
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Jean Genet
Biography
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.
Known For

Song of Love
as Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)

Little Girl Blue
as Self (archive footage)

Disorder
as Self

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
as Self

Mayday
as Self

Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
as Self

Chicago
as Self
