Sartre

American  

[sahr-truh, sahrt, sar-tr^uh] / ˈsɑr trə, sɑrt, ˈsar trə /

noun

1. Jean-Paul 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.

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Sartre British  

/ sartrə /

noun

1. Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist; chief French exponent of atheistic existentialism. His works include the philosophical essay Being and Nothingness (1943), the novels Nausea (1938) and Les Chemins de la liberté (1945–49), a trilogy, and the plays Les Mouches (1943), Huis clos (1944), and Les Mains sales (1948)

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Fame brought her introductions to such literary heavyweights as Carson McCullers, Carl Sandburg, Jean-Paul Sartre, Edith Sitwell and Dylan Thomas, all of whom came to regard her with respect and affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett and singer Serge Gainsbourg were laid to rest at Montparnasse, while actress Jane Birkin's ashes were interned there.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

I was thinking about relationships between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir and this kind of the dynamic between an intellectual couple of a certain era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

This matters, because the trolling tactics that Sartre identified nearly eight decades ago only have power if people give in to them.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

Among their cherished authors are Sartre, Burroughs, Shelley, and Poe.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz