Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, novelist, biographer, playwright, screenwriter, and literary critic. His work is considered very important in the development of the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology. Known as one of two authors who have refused the Nobel Prize in literature, Sartre wrote: “Being and Nothingness,” “Existentialism is a Humanism,” “Nausea,” “No Exit,” and “The Devil and the Good Lord.”