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Genet, Jean
French dramatist, novelist, and poet. His turbulent life and early years spent in prison are reflected in his drama, characterized by ritual, role-play, and illusion, in which his characters come to act out their bizarre and violent fantasies. His plays include Les Bonnes/The Maids (1947), Le Balcon/The Balcony (1957), and two plays dealing with the Algerian situation: Les Nègres/The Blacks (1959) and Les Paravents/The Screens (1961). His novels include Notre Dame des fleurs/Our Lady of the Flowers (1944) and Miracle de la rose/Miracle of the Rose (1946), which depict a world of criminality and homosexual eroticism.
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Genet's work has affinities with the theories of Antonin Artaud, with the Theatre of the Absurd (see Absurd, Theatre of), and with the existentialism of the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, although he adapts these elements to his own unique purpose and style.
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