Jean Genet
- Writing
- December 19, 1910 · Paris, France
- April 15, 1986
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
Filmography
- May Day x 4 · Self
- Flowers and Beasts · Novel
- Little Girl Blue · Self
- André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer · Self
- Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire · Self
- Serva e Padrona · Novel
- Genet à Chatila · Writer
- Un boxeur endormi · Poem, Story
- Le sphinx · Other
- Les Bonnes · Writer
- Querelle · Novel
- Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech · Self
- Black Mirror · Screenplay, Story
- The South Bank Show
- Ritual · Story
- Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète · Writer
- Poor Pretty Eddie · Novel
- The Maids · Theatre Play
- Apostrophes · Self
- Song of Love · Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited), Director
- Mayday · Self
- Shiraz 70
- Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy · Self
- Chicago · Self
- Condemned and Possessed · Poem
- Mademoiselle · Story
- Deathwatch · Writer
- The Balcony · Theatre Play
- Disorder · Self