Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1986)

Jean Genet

French novelist, playwright, and poet (1910–1986)

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers and the…