page_title: Jean Genet
hierarchical_section_title: Jean Genet
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Hans Koechler, President of the I.P.O., mright, receiving French author Jean Genet at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna (19 December 1983) in connection with a lecture organized by the International Progress OrganizationPhoto has been cropped to just Jean Genet
context_page_description: Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. 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.
context_section_description: Jean Genet (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ]; 19 December 1910 – 15 April 1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. 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.
caption: Jean Genet in 1983
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