GK QUESTION#1468
Which writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964 but declined to accept it, though it remained officially credited to him?
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C. Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jean-Paul Sartre, the French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964 but declined it, stating he consistently refused official honors to preserve his personal and intellectual independence. Sartre is renowned for works exploring existentialism, freedom, and human responsibility, including the novels ‘Nausea’, ‘The Age of Reason’, ‘The Roads to Freedom trilogy’, and plays like ‘No Exit’.