Jean Genet  (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒəˈnɛ])  (December 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986)  was a prominent and controversial[1] French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing. His...

"I believe that my criminal record contains fourteen convictions for theft. Which amounts to saying that I was a bad thief, since I was always getting caught.I was in prison, I was locked up."