Jean Genet in Paris, France in May, 1968

Jean Genet (1910–1986)

Author of Our Lady of the Flowers

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Jean Genet was born in Paris, France on December 19, 1910. He was an illegitimate child abandoned by his mother, raised by Public Assistance, and sent to live with foster parents at the age of seven. At the age of 10 he was accused of stealing. He spent five years at the Mettray Reformatory and as a young adult spent time in various European prisons for vagrancy, homosexuality, theft, and smuggling. He began writing in 1942, while in prison. His works include Our Lady of the Flowers, Miracle of the Rose, and The Thief's Journal. In 1948, he was convicted of burglary for the 10th time and condemned to automatic life imprisonment. However, by 1947, his works had gained attention from such writers as Jean-Paul Sartre, André Gide, and Jean Cocteau. After the sentence, they petitioned for his release and a pardon was granted. In the late 1940s, Genet began to write for the theatre, but several of his plays were too controversial to be performed in France. His plays included The Maids, Deathwatch, The Blacks, and The Balcony. He died on April 15, 1986. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Our Lady of the Flowers… (more)

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Works by Jean Genet

Our Lady of the Flowers 1,778 copies, 13 reviews

The Thief's Journal 1,435 copies, 5 reviews

Querelle of Brest 928 copies, 12 reviews

The Balcony 831 copies, 6 reviews

Miracle of the Rose 686 copies, 3 reviews

Funeral Rites 508 copies, 4 reviews

The Maids and Deathwatch: Two Plays 440 copies, 6 reviews

The Blacks 423 copies, 2 reviews

The Maids 318 copies, 3 reviews

Prisoner of Love 316 copies, 2 reviews

The Screens 210 copies, 1 review

Treasures of the Night: Collected Poems 113 copies

Selected Writings Of Jean Genet (Ecco Companions) 99 copies

Deathwatch 74 copies, 1 review

The Criminal Child : Selected Essays 47 copies, 1 review

What Remains of a Rembrandt Torn into Four Equal Pieces and Flushed Down… 46 copies

L'atelier di Alberto Giacometti 42 copies

The declared enemy : texts and interviews 41 copies

Fragments of the artwork 23 copies

Théâtre complet 23 copies

Splendid's 22 copies, 1 review

Oeuvres complètes, tome 4 19 copies

Oeuvres complètes, tome 3 18 copies

Letters to Roger Blin: Reflections on the Theater. 18 copies

The Balcony - Deathwatch - The Maids (Author) 16 copies

Essäer och artiklar 14 copies

May Day Speech 13 copies

Oeuvres Completes Tome 2 12 copies

Le funambule 11 copies

De meiden / Jean Genet ; [vert. uit het Frans door Hans Roduin] (2e dr.) ;… 10 copies

Le serve 10 copies

Quattro ore a Shatila 9 copies

Poems By Jean Genet: The Love Song / Under Sentence of Death 8 copies

Il funambolo e altri scritti 8 copies

A Song of Love [Region 2] 8 copies

The Genet Translations: Poetry and Posthumous Plays 7 copies

Reflections on the Theatre and Other Writings 7 copies

Die Zofen. Der Balkon. Stücke 7 copies

Two Plays 6 copies, 1 review

Les Bonnes 6 copies, 1 review

Journal du voleur - Querelle de Brest - Pompes funèbres 6 copies

Romans et poèmes 6 copies

Le bagne 5 copies

Œuvres complètes de Jean Genet 5 copies

De koorddanser 5 copies

El Niño criminal ; seguido de Fragmentos ... 5 copies

Frants, druzhochek... 4 copies

Oeuvres complètes, tome 5 4 copies

Begravningsståt 4 copies

Briefe an Roger Blin / Der Seiltänzer / Das kriminelle Kind. 4 copies

Sorveglianza speciale 4 copies

Lettre à Ibis 4 copies

Toatüdrukud. Palkon : [näidendid] 3 copies

Les bonnes comment jouer les Bonnes 3 copies

Palestinesi 3 copies

The Man Condemned to Death (SC) 3 copies

黒んぼたち・女中たち 3 copies

The Complete Poems of Jean Genet (SC) 3 copies

泥棒日記 3 copies

El Objeto invisible : escritos sobre arte, literatura y teatro 3 copies

Os Biombos 2 copies

Jean Genet: Alberto Giacometti 2 copies

Alberto Giacometti: Ausgewahlte skulpturen, Gemalde und Arbiter of papier… 2 copies

L'ennemi darextes et entretiens 2 copies

Plays 1 2 copies

Zenciler 2 copies

Les nègres, [précedée de] Pour jouer les nègres : clownerie 2 copies

BALKON 2 copies

Les Nègres au port de la lune : Genet et les différences 2 copies

Briefe an Roger Blin 2 copies

Evergreen original 2 copies

4 romanzi: Nostra signora dei fiori ; Miracolo della rosa ; Querelle di… 2 copies

Le Funambule, Avec L'enfant Criminel 2 copies

Jean Genet 2 copies

Infernos - Fragmentos 1 copy

Querelle - amar e matar 1 copy

Οι νέγροι 1 copy

Le condamné à mort 1 copy, 1 review

Die Neger: Clownerie 1 copy

Un Chant d'amour 1 copy

I negri 1 copy

Blomster til en forræder 1 copy

Querelle, Amar e Matar 1 copy

Die Zofen. Der Balkon 1 copy

Broché - Journal du voleur 1 copy

Œuvres complètes III 1 copy

Poe mes 1 copy

Les Nègres: [Paris, Théâtre de Lutèce, 28 octobre 1959]. Pour… 1 copy

l'avant garde theatrale 1 copy

No Sentido da Noite 1 copy

Tek Basina 1 copy

Letters to Roger Blin: Reflections on the Theatre 1 copy

Det kriminelle barn : tekster i udvalg 1 copy

Le funambule avec l'enfant criminel 1 copy

Sevdali Tutsak 1 copy

Les negres. clownerie. photos de e. scheidegger 1 copy

The Maids [1975 film] 1 copy

Analyse Moderne : Resume de cours et exercices corriges.mp2.pc2, tome. I 1 copy

Collection soleil.oeuvres completes iv. 1 copy

PARAVANLAR 1 copy

Gulun Mucizesi 1 copy

Oeuvres compls 1 copy

Le Condamné à mort, suivi de poèmes. L'Enfant… 1 copy

Panorama du théâtre nouveau volume 2 Le théâtre de la cruauté 1 copy

Jean Genet et le monde arabe. Exposition concue et realisée par: Le… 1 copy

Giacometti La Passion du Lithographe 1 copy

[Jean Genet documents: Du condamné à mort au Défunt volubile] 1 copy

Opere narrative 1 copy

A Rembrandt 1 copy

Alberto Giacometti Mit 16 Zeichnungen des Künstlers und 19 Aufnahmen von… 1 copy

Conversazione con Hubert Fichte 1 copy

The Maids (performance of Oct. 21, 2016) 1 copy

Diario del ladro e pagine scelte 1 copy

Jean Genet's Un Chant d'Amour 1 copy

Mademoiselle 1 copy

Der Balkon und andere Stücke, Das dramatische Gesamtwerk 1 copy

Haute surveillance. Collection : Le manteau d'Arlequin. 1 copy

The Selected Writings of Jean Genet (Ecco Companions) by Jean Genet… 1 copy

Lettres à Olga et Marc Barbezat 1 copy

Playboy interview with Jean Genet 1 copy

Οἱ δοῦλες:… 1 copy

Paravanlar 1 copy

Fischer von Suquet 1 copy

Els Negres : pallassada 1 copy

Els negres (programa) 1 copy

L' enfant criminel & 'adame Miroir. 1 copy

Visitant Genet 1 copy

Les Nes Clownerie ; [prde] Pour jouer "Les Nes 1 copy

Teatr 1 copy

"Elle": [Festival de Parme, 26 avril 1989] 1 copy

Oeuvres complètes 1 copy

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Also by Jean Genet

Soledad Brother (Introduction, some editions) 568 copies, 5 reviews

The Olympia Reader (Contributor) 276 copies, 1 review

The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (Contributor) 231 copies, 2 reviews

Nine Plays of the Modern Theater (Contributor) 178 copies, 1 review

Seven Plays of the Modern Theatre (Contributor) 122 copies

Gay Sunshine Interviews. Vol. 1 (Interviewee) 59 copies

A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (Contributor) 31 copies

The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A… (Contributor) 31 copies, 4 reviews

Sexuality and Masquerade: The Dedalus Book of Sexual Ambiguity (Contributor) 29 copies

The Obie Winners: The Best of Off-Broadway (Contributor) 25 copies, 1 review

New World Writing: Second Mentor Selection (Contributor) 12 copies

Grand Street 47 (No. 47) (Contributor) 7 copies

Big Table 3 (Contributor) 6 copies

A Clockwork Orange / Glengarry Glen Ross / Massage / Kvetch / Macbeth /… (Contributor) 2 copies

Tennessee Williams: Die tätowierte Rose (Contributor) 1 copy

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