Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, born June 21, 1905 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and died April 15, 1980 in the 14th arrondissement, is a French writer and philosopher, representative of the existentialist current, whose work and personality have marked the intellectual and political life of France from 1945 to the end of the 1970s.
Raised by his mother and his maternal grandparents, Jean-Paul had an idyllic childhood.
Above all, he keeps a taste for reading, which he later expresses in 'Les Mots'.
During his studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure where he is preparing for his aggregation in philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre meets Simone de Beauvoir, with whom he will share his life, his convictions and his work...