The Resume

(December 19, 1910-April 15, 1986)
Born in Paris, France
Playwright, novelist, poet and convict
Wrote novels 'Our Lady of the Flowers' (1943) and 'The Thief's Journal' (1949)
Wrote plays 'The Maids' (1947), 'The Balcony' (1956) and 'The Screens' (1961)

Why he might be annoying:

His writing glorified violent crime.
He supported himself as a prostitute during his twenties.
He spent much of his adult life in and out of jail, usually for petty thievery.
He stole jewelry from his patrons at literary events.
He befriended the Black Panthers and PLO members in the 1960s.

Why he might not be annoying:

His mother, an unmarried prostitute, gave him up when he was a baby.
He was kicked out of the French foreign legion because of his affairs with men.
Jean-Paul Sartre and other well-connected friends saved him from a life sentence (and he stayed out of jail for good afterwards).
He spoke against the mistreatment of immigrants and police brutality.
He was lionized by the upper class elite he scorned.

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Criminals
• Fag Stags [Men Loved by Gay Men]
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 4]
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Attempted Suicide and Screwed it Up
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 75)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Died on April 15th [Death and Taxes] (Ranked: 1986)
• I Have Throat Cancer
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• I Was in an Orphanage
• I'm a Bastard
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 85)
• Look at Me, I Got My Hand Down My Pants
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1960s] (Ranked: 1964)
• Playwrights
• Poets
• Profiles 25251-25500 (Ranked: 25319)
• Shoplifters and Alleged Shoplifters
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19860415)
• Whores and Johns

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 42 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 146 Votes: 58.22% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 53.19% Annoying