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Genet, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Genet, Jean zhäN zhn´ [key], 1910–86, French dramatist. Deserted by his parents as an infant, Genet spent much of his early life in reformatories and prisons. Between 1940 and 1948 he wrote se...

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(Encyclopedia)genet: see civet.

Genet, Edmond Charles Édouard

(Encyclopedia)Genet, Edmond Charles Édouard dmôN´ shärl dwär´ zhn´ [key], 1763–1834, French diplomat, known as Citizen Genet. He had served as a French representative in Berlin, Vienna, and St. Pet...

Jean

(Encyclopedia)Jean zhäN [key], 1921–2019, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000); son of Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg, and Felix, prince of Bourbon-Parma. He fought with Great Britain's Irish Guards in...

Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr.

(Encyclopedia)Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr., 1922–2012, American publisher, b. Chicago. As head (1951–85) of Grove Press, he published literary works previously deemed too obscene or unconventional for the reading pu...

Artaud, Antonin

(Encyclopedia)Artaud, Antonin äNtônN´ ärt´ [key], 1896–1948, French poet, actor, and director. During the 1920s and 30s he was associated with various experimental theater groups in Paris, and he cofound...

Domat, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Domat, Jean zhäN dmä´ [key], 1625–96, French jurist. His Les Loix civiles dans leur ordre naturel [civil laws in their natural order] (3 vol., 1689–94) is a restatement of Roman law considere...

Laffite, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Laffite, Jean zhäN läft´ [key], c.1780–1826?, leader of a band of privateers and smugglers. The name is often spelled Lafitte. He and his men began operating (1810) off the Baratarian coast S o...

Lafitte, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Lafitte, Jean: see Laffite, Jean.

Lalande, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Lalande, Jean (Saint John Lalande)zhäN läläNd´ [key], d. 1646, French Jesuit missionary in Canada and New York, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He came to the New World in 1644. He acc...