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Jean Genet

French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist

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French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

Born 19 December 1910
Died 15 April 1986

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  • Cover of: The balcony: a play in nine scenes

    Cover of edition balconygenet00gene Cover of edition balcony00gene Cover of edition lebalcon0000gene Cover of edition balconylebalconp0000gene Cover of edition balcony00gene_886 First published in 1956 — 70 editions
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  • Cover of: Our Lady of the Flowers

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  • Cover of: The thief's journal

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  • Cover of: Querelle of Brest

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  • Cover of: The menace of privilege: a study of the dangers to the republic from the existence of a favored class

    Cover of edition lesbonnes00gene Cover of edition lesbonnesversion0000gene Cover of edition maidsdeathwatch00generich Cover of edition maidsanddeathwat00gene Cover of edition lesbonnes00gene_288 First published in 1905 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: Funeral rites

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  • Cover of: Deathwatch: a play

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  • Cover of: The Blacks: a clown show

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  • Cover of: Miracle of the Rose

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  • Cover of: Les Nègres

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  • Cover of: The screens: a play in seventeen scenes

    Cover of edition screensplayinsev00gene First published in 1962 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The screens

    First published in 1962 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Les paravents

    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres comple tes.

    First published in 1951 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Poèmes.

    First published in 1948 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: ha-Meshartot

    First published in 1967 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters to Roger Blin: reflections on the theater.

    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The blacks: a clown show.

    First published in 1960 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: L'\Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti

    First published in 1958 — 4 editions
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French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

Born 19 December 1910
Died 15 April 1986

Subjects

Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), French Authors, Gay men, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Translations into English, Biography, French drama, Prisoners, Romance literature, Authors, French, Fiction, African Americans, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, Drama, History, Politics and government, Travel, Arab-Israeli conflict, Black Panther Party, Description and travel, Fedayeen, French Dramatists, French fiction, Genet, jean, 1910-1986

Places

France, United States, Arab countries, Paris, Beirut, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Le Mans, Lebanon, Marseilles, Mexico, Yucatán (Mexico : State)

People

Jean Genet (1910-1986), Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Andrée Pragane (1910-1978), Christine Papin, Jean Genet (1910-), Léa Papin, Marc Barbezat, Olga Barbezat, Papin sisters, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Roger Blin (1907-), soeurs Papin

Time

20th century, 1930s, 1945-, 20ème siècle, German occupation, 1940-1945, Second World War

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Alternative names

  • Jean Genêt
  • Jean Genèt
  • Genet
  • Jean Genêt
  • JEAN GENET
  • jean genet
  • Jean. Genet
  • Jean: Genet
  • GENET,JEAN

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February 22, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
November 16, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
April 25, 2021 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import