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Who was Jean-Paul Sartre?

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A boy born on June 21, 1905. He attended and graduated from "École Normale Supérieure" in 1829. He wrote various novels, and was a Continental Philosopher. He was in WW2 (WWII) and was one of the captured, held prisoner for a year. After set free he began teaching in France and was apart of the French Resistance.

Later on in life he published many influential works and the fundamental system of "Existence is prior to essence"

He was offered the Nobel prize for his literature in 1964 on his autobiography, Words, and he rejected the awards based on his own thoughts and integrity as a writer.

Jean-Paul was a 20th century existentialist philosopher. He was also a Marxist.

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