Jean-Paul Sartre Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (/?s?rtr?/; French: [sa?t?]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.His work has also influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies, and continues to influence these disciplines. Sartre has also been noted for his open relationship with the prominent feminist theorist Simone de Beauvoir.He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution".
Nobel Prize in Literature, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Story
Movies
Les jeux sont faits, La Putain respectueuse, The Proud and the Beautiful, Huis clos, The Crucible, The Condemned of Altona, No Exit, Freud: The Secret Passion, The Wall, Dirty Hands
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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[on the German occupation of Paris, 1940] We were terrified of dying, suffering, for a cause that disgusted us. That is, for a disgusting France - corrupt, inefficient, racist, anti-Semite, run by the rich for the rich. No one wanted to die for that until, well until we understood that the Nazis were worse.
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[on choice] An individual chooses and makes himself.
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Hell is other people.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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Fact
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Mentioned in the popular movies Roxanne and The Box.
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Related to famed physician Dr. Albert Schweitzer. His mother was Schweitzer's cousin.
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Was portrayed by Fred Wellisch in the 2000 stage production of 'John Susman''s three-hander, "Nelson & Simone," at Chicago's Live Bait Theatre. The other two characters, of course, were Nelson Algren (played by Gary Houston) and Simone de Beauvoir (played by Rebecca Covey).
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Founded the newspaper "Libération" with Serge July in 1973.
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 but he turned it down.
$5 Million
