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Jean-Paul Sartre






Jean-Paul Sartre

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born
June 21, 1905

died
April 15, 1980

gender
male

place of birth
Paris, France

genre
Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

influences
Kant, Hegel, Marx, Dostoyevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Jaspers, De Beauvoir, Camus, Kojève, Flaubert, Céline, Merleau-Ponty


about this author

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. He was a leading figure in 20th century French philosophy.

He declined the award of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature "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."




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avg rating: 3.88 | 19,162 ratings | 1,252 reviews | 243 distinct works | 120 fans
No Exit and Three Other Plays No Exit and Three Other Plays
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 4.03 — 4,051 ratings — published 1944
26 editions
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Nausea Nausea (New Directions Paperbook)
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.87 — 3,255 ratings — published 1938
39 editions
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Being and Nothingness Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.79 — 1,251 ratings — published 1943
25 editions
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The Age of Reason: A Novel The Age of Reason: A Novel
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.82 — 1,062 ratings — published 1945
14 editions
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The Wall The Wall
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 4.02 — 720 ratings — published 1
21 editions
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Existentialism And Human Emoti... Existentialism And Human Emotions (A Philosophical Library Book)
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.81 — 745 ratings — published 1957
4 editions
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Existentialism Is a Humanism Existentialism Is a Humanism
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.90 — 562 ratings — published 1944
14 editions
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The Words The Words
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.80 — 306 ratings — published 1964
28 editions
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The Reprieve: A Novel The Reprieve: A Novel
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.87 — 213 ratings — published 1947
12 editions
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Les Jeux Sont Faits Les Jeux Sont Faits
by Jean-Paul Sartre
avg rating 3.93 — 194 ratings — published 1947
6 editions
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"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
It is up to you to give [life] a meaning."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die."
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