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Sartre was born in Paris in 1905, and was a famous playwright, philospoher, and screenwriter. He is one of the founders of Existentialism.

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Sartre grew up an only child, and his father passing away at a young age. He attended ​​École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris, where he had an affinity for philosophy. He served in the French Army in WWII, and fought for the socialist cause in nazi-occupied France. He passed away in 1980.

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Sartre's politics were that of Liberal, anti-colonial, feminist, and Marxist beliefs.

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Sartre was a founder of the Existentialism movement, and a proponent of Marxism, both of which are reflected in his plays.

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The main themes of Sartre's plays were nothingness, poor faith, and commentary on social classes. His style was narrative driven and employed lots of symbolism.

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Sartre was certainly an interesting man, as in his later years he published Les Mots, in which he suggests that literature is a bourgeois substitute for dealing with problems in the real world.

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Sartre was the first person to ever turn down the Nobel Prize for Literature, as he turned down all rewards under the reasoning that he did not want to be "institutionalized"