Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905 in Paris, where he spent most of his life until his death in 1980. He wrote philosophical works, novels, and plays, and was a prominent public figure. After World War II, he emerged as a leading figure in French thought. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he declined. His book Existentialism Is a Humanism is also available from DOMA.