On this day in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre was born at Paris, France. Known as the "father of existentialism," or "Emo King," Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 when it was awarded to him. He died on Aril 15, 1980 at Paris. He wrote: "All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books." Click on Sartre's photograph to see works by him or about him in the catalog.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Birthday Spotlight: Jean-Paul Sartre
On this day in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre was born at Paris, France. Known as the "father of existentialism," or "Emo King," Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 when it was awarded to him. He died on Aril 15, 1980 at Paris. He wrote: "All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books." Click on Sartre's photograph to see works by him or about him in the catalog.
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