Meaning & History
Querelle is the French for quarrel. Querelle of Brest (French: Querelle de Brest) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet with illustrations by Jean Cocteau. Georges Querelle Is protagonist. Querelle Jansen is a Dutch model. Her real name is Lisette Jansen; Querelle is her professional name, chosen by an agent who had been looking for a model to name after her favourite literary character, Jean Genet's Georges Querelle.