Jean-Paul Sartre
21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist who was a leading figure in 20th-century existentialism and phenomenology. His major works include the philosophical treatise Being and Nothingness, the novel Nausea, and the play No Exit. He was awarded, but declined, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964.
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Life events
Sartre placed first in the philosophy agrégation at the École Normale Supérieure.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSartre began his open lifelong relationship with fellow philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLa Nausée, his first novel and a key existentialist work, was published.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgL'Être et le néant, his major philosophical treatise on phenomenological ontology, appeared.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSartre co-founded the influential political and literary journal Les Temps modernes.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSartre delivered his famous public lecture defending existentialism in Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature but refused it, consistent with his principles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSartre died of a pulmonary edema in Paris; thousands attended his funeral procession.
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