SARTRE WINS AND DECLINES NOBEL PRIZE – OCTOBER 22, 1964 · · http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sartre-wins-and-declines-nobel-prize · · Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, which he declines. In his novels, essays, and plays, Sartre advanced the philosophy of existentialism, arguing that each individual must create meaning for …
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