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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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 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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