Man is condemned to be free; condemned, because he did not create himself, and yet free, because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) was a French philosopher and writer, and a key figure in existentialism. He is known for works such as *Being and Nothingness* and *Nausea*, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, which he declined.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures27 titles
Nausea
Translated by Amir Jalaluddin Aalam and Mehdi Roshanzadeh1938
The Wall, a story collection
Translated by Sadegh Hedayat, Abolhassan Najafi, and Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou1939
The Flies
1943
Being and Nothingness
Translated by Enayatollah Shakibapour and Mahasti Bahreini1943
No Exit / Hell
Translated by Mostafa Farzaneh and Hamid Samandarian1944
The Age of Reason
1945
Suspension
1945
Torment of the Spirit
1945
The Unburied Dead
1946
The Magnanimous Whore
Translated by Abdolhossein Nushin and Bahman Nouraei1946
Existentialism and Human Authenticity
Translated by Mostafa Rahimi1946
What Is Literature?
Translated by Abolhassan Najafi and Mostafa Rahimi1947
Baudelaire
1947
Dirty Hands
Translated by Jalal Al-e-Ahmad and Ghasem Sanavi1948
Gear
1949
The Devil and God
Translated by Abolhassan Najafi1951
Kin
Translated by Ghasem San'avi1953
Nekrasov
Translated by Ghasem San'avi1955
The Condemned of Altona
Translated by Abolhassan Najafi1959
Freud, Screenplay
1959
Critique of Dialectical Reason
1960
Words, Autobiography
Translated by Amir Jalaloddin Aalam and Nahid Foroughan1964