Late in life, he spent time with both the Black Panthers and the PLO, periods which he chronicled in his last work, A Prisoner of Love.
Late in life, he spent time with both the Black Panthers and the PLO, periods which he chronicled in his last work, A Prisoner of Love. An arrant thief, he was imprisoned numerous times throughout his life, and famously discovered his homosexuality while imprisoned as a teen, a time recounted in his book A Thief's Journal.  While still in prison, his novel Our Lady of the Flowers came to the attention of Jean Cocteau, who fought to have him released. FTP, name this French playwright, author of The Maids, The Balcony, and The Blacks.
Late in life, he spent time with both the Black Panthers and the PLO, periods which he chronicled in his last work, A Prisoner of Love.
Jean {Genet}