===Late life and death===

===Late life and death===

In 1964, Sartre renounced literature in a witty and sardonic account of the first ten years of his life, ''Les mots'' (''Words''). The book is an ironic counterballast to Marcel Proust, whose reputation had unexpectedly eclipsed that of André Gide (who had provided the model of ''littérature engagée'' for Sartre's generation). Literature, Sartre concluded, functioned ultimately as a bourgeois substitute for real commitment in the world. In October 1964, Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature but he declined it. He was the first Nobel Laureate to voluntarily decline the prize,<ref>

In 1964, Sartre renounced literature in a witty and sardonic account of the first ten years of his life, ''Les mots'' (''Words''). The book is an ironic counterballast to [[Marcel Proust]], whose reputation had unexpectedly eclipsed that of [[André Gide]] (who had provided the model of ''littérature engagée'' for Sartre's generation). Literature, Sartre concluded, functioned ultimately as a bourgeois substitute for real commitment in the world. In October 1964, Sartre was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] but he declined it. He was the first Nobel Laureate to voluntarily decline the prize,<ref>

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