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The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. 
Genet, Jean
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Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal; later in life, Genet wrote novels, plays, poems, and essays, including The Thief's Journal, Our Lady of the Flowers, The Balcony, The Blacks, and The Maids. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version
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