Jean-Paul Sartre
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Media, Journalism, Journalists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
Article abstract: A powerhouse of intellectual energy, French existentialist Sartre poured out novels, plays, screenplays, biographies, criticism, political essays, and philosophy. Journalist, teacher, and perennial activist, he served in the first rank of worldwide liberal causes.
Early Life
Jean-Paul Sartre was the only child of Anne-Marie Schweitzer and Jean-Baptiste Sartre. Jean-Baptiste had been a promising naval officer, active in several engagements in China, where he contracted the enterocolitis that killed him in September, 1906. The young widow...
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