Jean Genet
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday19 December 1910
Died15 April 1986 (age 75)
Place of birthParis, France
Known credits28
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.
May Day x 4
2026 · Self
Flowers and Beasts
2024 · Novel
Little Girl Blue
2023 · Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
2010 · Self
Serva e Padrona
2003 · Novel
Genet à Chatila
1999 · Writer
Un boxeur endormi
1993 · Poem
Un boxeur endormi
1993 · Original Story
Le sphinx
1986 · Other
Les Bonnes
1985 · Writer
Querelle
1982 · Novel
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
1982 · Self
Black Mirror
1981 · Screenplay
Black Mirror
1981 · Story
Ritual
1975 · Original Story
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
1975 · Writer
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · Novel
The Maids
1975 · Theatre Play
Apostrophes
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Song of Love
1972 · Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
Song of Love
1972 · Director
Song of Love
1972 · Writer
Song of Love
1972 · Editor
Song of Love
1972 · Production Design
Mayday
1970 · Self
Shiraz 70
1970
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
1970 · Self
Chicago
1968 · Self
Condemned and Possessed
1967 · Poem
Mademoiselle
1966 · Story
Deathwatch
1966 · Writer
The Balcony
1963 · Theatre Play
Disorder
1950 · Self
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