birth_date: 1910-12-19 00:00:00
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name: Jean Genet
about: 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.
death_date: 1986-04-15 00:00:00