![FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1948 file photo, French author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre sitting in his study in Paris. The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964 FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1948 file photo, French author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre sitting in his study in Paris. The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2mxn85k/file-in-this-nov-28-1948-file-photo-french-author-and-philosopher-jean-paul-sartre-sitting-in-his-study-in-paris-the-swedish-academy-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-in-1964-to-sartre-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-however-sartre-who-was-central-to-the-rise-of-existential-thought-in-the-20th-century-through-such-works-as-1943s-being-and-nothingness-declined-the-prize-on-the-grounds-that-he-had-consistently-refused-all-official-honors-this-years-winner-is-due-to-2mxn85k.jpg)
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1948 file photo, French author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre sitting in his study in Paris. The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964
![Fifty years ago, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel prize for literature. His reputation has waned, but his intellectual struggle is still pertinent. : r/literature Fifty years ago, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel prize for literature. His reputation has waned, but his intellectual struggle is still pertinent. : r/literature](https://external-preview.redd.it/R5LRKQTgNN_bXA_B3DB0ejigbIHJIWRJChZ7sHPN3Cg.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=83773f03597a71a4807beb7fa797512849d4abe9)
Fifty years ago, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel prize for literature. His reputation has waned, but his intellectual struggle is still pertinent. : r/literature
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October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian
![Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964. Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1tXTvgDqrU/VhU7MFS8vvI/AAAAAAAALbc/4R9WFlhjaDA/s1600/2..jpg)
Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.
![October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian](https://i0.wp.com/www.themarginalian.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sartre1.jpg?w=680&ssl=1)
October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian
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