Jean Genet

جان جينيه (Known as "Jean Genet in Larache")

Avant-Garde Playwright, Novelist, Defender of Moroccan and Palestinian Struggles

Born Dec 19, 1910

Paris, France

Passed Away Apr 15, 1986 Paris (buried in Larache), Morocco

Lifespan 75 years old

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"Resting high upon the Atlantic cliffs of Larache, in the soil of the people he loved."

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Celebrated French avant-garde playwright and political activist who spent his final decades in Morocco, requesting in his will to be buried forever in the cliffside Spanish cemetery of Larache overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Biographical Record

Jean Genet was a literary giant of the 20th century whose plays (The Balcony, The Blacks) revolutionized modern theater. In the 1970s and 1980s, Genet found refuge and brotherhood in Morocco, living with his companion Mohamed El Katrani in Larache.

An uncompromising ally of the oppressed, he championed the Black Panthers and the Palestinian cause. Following his death in Paris in April 1986, his body was brought to Morocco in accordance with his last wishes and buried in the sun-drenched Spanish cemetery on the Atlantic cliffs of Larache.

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Final Resting Place

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Spanish Catholic Cemetery of Larache
Larache, Morocco

                         GPS: 35.1950, -6.1550                    

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