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Jean-Paul Sartre

Born

in Paris, France

June 21, 1905

Died

April 15, 1980

Genre

Philosophy, Literature & Fiction, Politics

Influences

Georg Hegel, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Kierkegaard, Edmund Husserl, ...more

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre 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. Together, Sartre ...more

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	Nausea 3.94 avg rating — 124,878 ratings — published 1938 — 411 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Exit 4.12 avg rating — 40,847 ratings — published 1944 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre, Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre (Preface), Annie Cohen-Solal (Introduction) 3.98 avg rating — 39,769 ratings — published 1946 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being and Nothingness 3.99 avg rating — 32,452 ratings — published 1943 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre, Stuart Gilbert (Translator), Lionel Abel (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 29,479 ratings — published 1947 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wall 4.06 avg rating — 25,998 ratings — published 1939 — 235 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 15,122 ratings — published 1945 — 207 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huis clos: suivi de Les Mouches 4.05 avg rating — 13,538 ratings — published 1946 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre by Jean-Paul Sartre, Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 9,455 ratings — published 1963 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Mains sales 3.96 avg rating — 5,986 ratings — published 1946 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Les Chemins de la Liberté (3 books)
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Jean-Paul Sartre,

David Caute (Foreword),

Gerard Hopkins (Translator)

3.97 avg rating — 20,462 ratings

Critique de la Raison dialectique (2 books)
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Jean-Paul Sartre,

Quintin Hoare (Translator),

Frederic Jameson (Introduction),

Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre (Editor)

3.87 avg rating — 235 ratings

The Family Idiot (5 books)
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Jean-Paul Sartre,

Carol Cosman (Translator)

4.17 avg rating — 63 ratings

Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre (?)

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

tags: loneliness, solitude

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“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

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“I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

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En "FRIENDS": Mujercitas, de Louisa May Alcott

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En EL Resplandor": El guardián entre el centeno, de J.D. Salinger

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En “Definitivamente tal vez”: Jayne Eyre de Charlotte Brönte (write-in)

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En "You": El Conde de Montecristo, de Alexandre Dumas

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De "El lector": La Odisea, de Homer

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De "Mujercitas": The Pickwick Club, de Charles Dickens

5 votes, 6.0%

De "Daria": Nausea, de Jean-Paul Sartre

5 votes, 6.0%

De "Enredados": La Bella y la Bestia, de Gabrielle de Villeneuve

5 votes, 6.0%

De "Padre de Familia" : El Arte de la Guerra, de Sun Tzu

4 votes, 4.8%

En "Casi Famosos": El hombre ilustrado, de Ray Bradbury

3 votes, 3.6%

De "los simpson" :Mundo Fantasma, de Daniel Clowes

3 votes, 3.6%

En "Breaking Bad": Hojas de hierba, de Walt Whitman

2 votes, 2.4%

En "Bastardos sin Gloria": El Santo en Nueva York, de Leslie Charteris

1 vote, 1.2%

En "Los puentes de Madison": Selections, de Lord Byron

1 vote, 1.2%

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