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Jean Genet

1910 - 1986

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Jean Genet (; French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ]; (1910-12-19)19 December 1910 – (1986-04-15)15 April 1986) 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 plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Genet is the 373rd most popular writer (up from 381st in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from France (down from 445th in 2019) and the 66th most popular French Writer.

Jean Genet is most famous for his book, "The Thief's Journal," which he wrote about his time in prison.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Genet ranks 373 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Coen brothers, Ivar Aasen, Carlos Castaneda, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Mikhail Sholokhov. After him are Theocritus, Lorenzo Valla, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Salman Rushdie, and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jean Genet ranks 14. Before him are Archer Martin, Lee Byung-chul, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Gloria Stuart, and Irena Sendler. After him are Dominique Pire, Jacques Monod, Django Reinhardt, Konrad Zuse, David Niven, and Walter Schellenberg. Among people deceased in 1986, Jean Genet ranks 13. Before him are Cary Grant, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, and Robert S. Mulliken. After him are Frank Herbert, Urho Kekkonen, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Cliff Burton, Joseph Beuys, and Albert Szent-Györgyi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Genet ranks 450 out of 6,770. Before him are Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Hans Bethe (1906), Anouk Aimée (1932), Ernest Renan (1823), and Henry of Flanders (1174). After him are Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Robert I of France (860), Paul Barras (1755), Émile Bernard (1868), and Theodor Eicke (1892).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Genet ranks 66. Before him are André Malraux (1901), Ève Curie (1904), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Paul Valéry (1871), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), and Théophile Gautier (1811). After him are Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), and Jacques Prévert (1900).

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