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Jean Genet

Born

in Paris, France

December 19, 1910

Died

April 15, 1986

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Politics, Gay & Lesbian

Influences

Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, Antonin Artaud, Luigi Pirandello, J ...more

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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 work, much of it considered scandalous when it first appeared, is now placed among the classics of modern literature and has been translated and performed throughout the world.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 37,004 ratings · 2,800 reviews · 136 distinct works • Similar authors

	Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet, Jean-Paul Sartre (Introduction), Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 7,268 ratings — published 1943 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet, Bernard Frechtman (Translator), Jean-Paul Sartre (Foreward) 3.92 avg rating — 5,555 ratings — published 1949 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Bonnes 3.59 avg rating — 4,421 ratings — published 1947 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Balcony 3.82 avg rating — 3,542 ratings — published 1956 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Querelle of Brest 3.93 avg rating — 2,925 ratings — published 1947 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maids and Deathwatch by Jean Genet, Bernard Frechtman (Translator), Jean-Paul Sartre (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 2,370 ratings — published 1954	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miracle of the Rose 4.09 avg rating — 1,492 ratings — published 1946 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funeral Rites by Jean Genet, Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — published 1948 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blacks by Jean Genet, Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 768 ratings — published 1947 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prisoner of Love by Jean Genet, Barbara Bray (Translator), Ahdaf Soueif (Introducer) 4.13 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 1982 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
― Jean Genet

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“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”
― Jean Genet

tags: darkness, dreams, time

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“To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.”
― Jean Genet

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