Jean Genet

Jean Genet
Genet in 1983
Born	(1910-12-19)19 December 1910 Paris, France
Died	15 April 1986(1986-04-15) (aged 75) Paris, France
Occupations	Novelist dramatist political activist poet philosopher
Writing career
Genres	Theatre of Cruelty, erotic, theatre, absurdism
Subjects	Crime, homosexuality, sadomasochism, existentialism
Notable works	Our Lady of the Flowers (1943) The Thief's Journal (1949) The Maids (1947) The Balcony (1956)
Movement	Theatre of the Absurd
Signature

Jean Genet (/ʒəˈneɪ/; French: