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| Name: |
Jean Genet | | Variant Name: |
Jean Genot | | Birth Date: |
December 19, 1910 | | Death Date: |
1986 | | Place of Birth: |
Paris, France | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, playwright |
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 Biography of Jean Genet
1,036 words, approx. 4 pages
 Dubbed "the Black Prince of letters," by his discoverer, Jean Cocteau, the French novelist and playwright Jean Genet (1910-1986) was obsessed with the illusory, perverse, and grotesque elements of human experience. His works present the world of the... summary from source:
 Biography of Jean Genet
10,281 words, approx. 34 pages
 After Jean Genet's death in a modest Parisian hotel room, after a long bout with throat cancer, Jack Lang, the former minister of culture, said: "Jean Genet has left us, and with him, a black sun that enlightened the seamy side of things. Jean Genet... 
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 Jean Genet Quotes
431 words, approx. 1 pages
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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Genet, Jean
136 words, approx. 1 pages(born Dec. 19, 1910, Paris, France—died April 15, 1986, Paris) French novelist and dramatist. An illegitimate child abandoned by his mother, Genet began to write while imprisoned for burglary. His first novel, Our Lady of the Flowers (1944),... summary from source:
 Jean Genet Information
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 The Independent - London Underrated: The case for Jean Genet
06/19/1995: 414 words, approx. 1 pages Jean Genet (1910-1986) wrote a handful of miraculous novels in his late thirties and early forties after a life spent in orphanages, reform schools and, finally, jail. A thief and prostitute from an early age, Genet wrote of a life of vagrancy and crime... summary from source:
The Washington Post Jean Genet: The Miracle of the Prose
11/14/1993: 1,153 words, approx. 4 pages GENET A Biography By Edmund White Knopf. 728 pp. $35 IN THIS extraordinary biography by Edmund White, the life and works of the French writer Jean Genet (1910-1986) are laid out with precision, tact and luminous intelligence. Although Anglo-American readers... summary from source:
 AP News Actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies in LA at 81
4/12/2007: 521 words, approx. 2 pagesActor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the family.Browne's... summary from source:
AP News Actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies in LA
4/11/2007: 521 words, approx. 2 pagesActor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the family.Browne's...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Stathis Gourgouris
18,382 words, approx. 61 pages
In the following essay, Gourgouris examines Genet's poetics through his widely known and embraced identity as a criminal and his later association with revolutionary groups.
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Critical Essay by Gene A. Plunka
9,243 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Plunka describes Genet's use of ethnological rites of passage in Les Nègres.
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Critical Essay by Leslie Katz
7,886 words, approx. 26 pages
in the following essay, Katz explores Genet's personal involvement in his work, providing a comprehensive background on the author's perspective.
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