Jean-Paul Sartre

Sartre, Jean-Paul Charles Aymard (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980), was a French dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, as well as a significant figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has had and continues to have an impact on sociology, critical theory, postcolonial theory, and literary studies.

Sartre succeeded in a variety of literary genres and made significant contributions to literary criticism and biography. His plays are full of symbolism and are used to communicate his philosophy. Despite his attempts to decline the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, he was granted it, saying that he never accepted official accolades and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."