1905. Jean-Paul Sartre was born

110 years ago, June 21, 1905, a French philosopher, writer and publicist Jean-Paul Sartre was born. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature “For the rich ideas, permeated by the spirit of freedom and the search for truth, creativity, which had a huge impact at our time,” but refused to accept the award, explaining this by unwillingness to be owed to any social institution and cast doubt on his independence. In the same way, in 1945, Sartre abandoned the Order of the Legion of Honor. He protested both against the wars in Algeria and Vietnam, and against the suppression of the "Prague Spring" and the persecution of Soviet and Cuban dissidents.