Jean-Paul Sartre

Birth Name:

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre

Birth Date:

June 21, 1905

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Death Date:

April 15, 1980

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Edema of the lung

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière du Montparnasse

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

Associates:

Simone de Beauvoir

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Montparnasse

3 Bd Edgar Quinet

Paris, , 75014

France

Europe

Map:

Map of Cimetiere du Montparnasse Paris France

Grave Location:

Division 20

Grave Location Description

As you enter through the main entrance, at the intersection of Avenue Principale and Avenue du Boulevart, turn right on Avenue du Boulevart and count 8 spaces on your right and you will find the final resting place of Jean-Paul Sartre and his companion Simone de Beauvoir.