Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French existentialist philosopher who defined the existentialist movement in the 20th century. Considered the consummate intellectual, he was not only the author of philosophical works but also a biographer, playwright, and novelist. In 1964, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature but declined.
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