Jean-Paul Sartre | Biography, Ideas, Existentialism ... - Britannica
Having written his defense of individual freedom and human dignity, Sartre turned his attention to the concept of social responsibility. For ...
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Jean-Paul Sartre (born June 21, 1905, Paris, France—died April 15, 1980, Paris) was a French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, best known as the leading exponent of <anchor>existentialism</anchor> in the 20th century. In 1964 he declined the Nobel Prize for Literature, which had been awarded to him “for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age.”