![Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964. Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1tXTvgDqrU/VhU7MFS8vvI/AAAAAAAALbc/4R9WFlhjaDA/s1600/2..jpg)
Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.
![October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize. https://t.co/ii1Pxm57cs | Nobel prize, Jean paul sartre, Literature October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize. https://t.co/ii1Pxm57cs | Nobel prize, Jean paul sartre, Literature](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f5/80/08/f580081ff9d97e668f2b5f8fff056b1b--nobel-prize-jean-paul.jpg)
October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize. https://t.co/ii1Pxm57cs | Nobel prize, Jean paul sartre, Literature
![Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2015/1/5/1420473658935/Claude-Lanzmann-Jean-Paul-012.jpg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian
![Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/22/1413976401720/Simone-De-Beauvoir--Jean--002.jpg?quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=65936f2666baa368ef8730d9a4626e79)
Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian
![Jean Paul Sartre at a press conference in Paris, on Dec. 10, 1974, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. EHH-CSUB001-CS959 | agefotostock Jean Paul Sartre at a press conference in Paris, on Dec. 10, 1974, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. EHH-CSUB001-CS959 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/86409720741d3a5598ccafd701781baf/ehh-csub001-cs959.jpg)
Jean Paul Sartre at a press conference in Paris, on Dec. 10, 1974, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. EHH-CSUB001-CS959 | agefotostock
![October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian](https://i0.wp.com/www.themarginalian.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sartre1.jpg?w=680&ssl=1)
October 22, 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Becomes the First Person to Decline the Nobel Prize – The Marginalian
![Sartre Awarded Nobel Prize, but Rejects It; Existentialist Thinks His Writings Would. Be Compromised; $53,000 Will Revert to Fund, Swedish Academy Says - The New York Times Sartre Awarded Nobel Prize, but Rejects It; Existentialist Thinks His Writings Would. Be Compromised; $53,000 Will Revert to Fund, Swedish Academy Says - The New York Times](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1964/10/23/97426864_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
Sartre Awarded Nobel Prize, but Rejects It; Existentialist Thinks His Writings Would. Be Compromised; $53,000 Will Revert to Fund, Swedish Academy Says - The New York Times
![Jan. 01, 1959 - A daughter aged 28 to Jean-Paul Sartre: Jean-Paul Sartre (who turned down the Nobel Prize 1964), is to have a daughter. She is 28-year-old Arlette Elkaim, a close Jan. 01, 1959 - A daughter aged 28 to Jean-Paul Sartre: Jean-Paul Sartre (who turned down the Nobel Prize 1964), is to have a daughter. She is 28-year-old Arlette Elkaim, a close](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/ae0910d2514b4ba8b68bdc686048b77b/e0rcbb.jpg)