1986 Death Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1959 Event Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris 1935 Birthday Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 1933 Event Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris 1931 Event Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris 1910 Birthday Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks