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Literature Prize Refusal Explained

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Literature Prize Refusal Explained

Sartre, Jean Paul · Author

Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize in Literature and publicly defended his decision. He argued that a writer should avoid becoming an institution through official honours.

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