Person
Jean Genet
Writing · 1910–1986 · Paris, France
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
Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
Querelle
Novel
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
Writer
Genet à Chatila
Writer
Poor Pretty Eddie
Novel
Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)
Disorder
Self
Chicago
Self
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Self
Les Bonnes
Writer
Filmography
- 2024Flowers and BeastsNovel
- 2023Little Girl BlueSelf (archive footage)
- 2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, AdventurerSelf - Writer (archive footage)
- 2010Jean Genet, le contre exemplaireSelf
- 2003Serva e PadronaNovel
- 1999Genet à ChatilaWriter
- 1993Un boxeur endormiPoem
- 1986Le sphinxOther
- 1985Les BonnesWriter
- 1982QuerelleNovel
- 1982Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-DelpechSelf
- 1981Black MirrorScreenplay
- 1975RitualOriginal Story
- 1975Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poèteWriter
- 1975Poor Pretty EddieNovel
- 1975The MaidsTheatre Play
- 1975ApostrophesSelf (archive footage)
- 1972Song of LovePrisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
- 1970MaydaySelf
- 1970Shiraz 70
- 1970Angela Davis Is at Your MercySelf
- 1968ChicagoSelf
- 1967Condemned and PossessedPoem
- 1966MademoiselleStory
- 1966DeathwatchWriter
- 1963The BalconyTheatre Play
- 1950DisorderSelf
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