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Jean-Paul Sartre

1905 - 1980

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution." Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Sartre is the 19th most popular writer (up from 24th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from France (up from 17th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Writer.

Jean-Paul Sartre is most famous for being a philosopher and the founder of existentialism.

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Among writers, Jean-Paul Sartre ranks 19 out of 7,302. Before him are James Joyce, Sophocles, Jules Verne, Virgil, Molière, and Miguel de Cervantes. After him are T. S. Eliot, Ovid, Alexandre Dumas, Albert Camus, Hesiod, and Anton Chekhov.

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Among people born in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre ranks 1. After him are Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes, Simo Häyhä, Nevill Francis Mott, Albert Speer, Dag Hammarskjöld, Viktor Frankl, Elias Canetti, Christian Dior, Henry Fonda, and Greta Garbo. Among people deceased in 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre ranks 1. After him are Josip Broz Tito, Karl Dönitz, John Lennon, Jean Piaget, Alfred Hitchcock, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, and Oskar Kokoschka.

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Among people born in France, Jean-Paul Sartre ranks 15 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Pasteur (1822), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), Montesquieu (1689), and Maximilien Robespierre (1758). After him are Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles de Gaulle (1890), and Nostradamus (1503).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Paul Sartre ranks 5. Before him are Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), Jules Verne (1828), and Molière (1622). After him are Alexandre Dumas (1802), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Marcel Proust (1871), and Denis Diderot (1713).

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