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In fact, Sartre's writing was so well received that, in 1964, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for literature, which he declined.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/ List of Nobel Prize laureates for literature]</ref>

In fact, Sartre's writing was so well received that, in 1964, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for literature, which he declined.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/ List of Nobel Prize laureates for literature]</ref>

Sartre fought in the [[French]] resistance in [[World War II]] for a brief period and worked on an underground French paper of the time. However, his activities were only very brief, and otherwise did his own actions during that time, including several plays. After France was Liberated, Sartre mentioned that France had been "more free" under Nazi control.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3998943.ece</ref>

Sartre fought in the [[French]] resistance in [[World War II]] for a brief period and worked on an underground French paper of the time. However, his activities were only very brief, and otherwise did his own actions during that time, including several plays. After France was Liberated, Sartre mentioned that France had been "more free" under Nazi control.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3998943.ece</ref>He was captured by German troops in 1940 in Padoux and was a prisoner of war for nine months.<ref>Jean-Pierre Boulé, ''Sartre, Self-formation, and Masculinities,'' Berghahn Books, 2005, p. 114. ISBN 978-1-57181-742-6.</ref>

   

   

Towards the end of his life he expressed sympathy with the [[terrorists]] who kidnapped and killed Israelis during the 1972 [[Olympics]], asserting that it was “perfectly scandalous” how the French press criticized the terrorism. He described terrorism as “a terrible weapon, but the oppressed poor have no others”. He also implied while defending the terrorists' actions during the Munich Olympics that he felt that the [[Jacobins|Jacobin Club]] during their [[Reign of Terror]] during the [[French Revolution]] didn't kill enough people.<ref>http://www.hoover.org/research/absolute-intellectual<br />“A revolutionary regime must get rid of a certain number of individuals that threaten it and I see no other means for this than death; it is always possible to get out of a prison; the revolutionaries of 1793 probably didn’t kill enough people,” he [Sartre] said.</ref><ref>''Sartre: The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century'', Bernard Henri-Levy. p. 344</ref>

Towards the end of his life he expressed sympathy with the [[terrorists]] who kidnapped and killed Israelis during the 1972 [[Olympics]], asserting that it was “perfectly scandalous” how the French press criticized the terrorism. He described terrorism as “a terrible weapon, but the oppressed poor have no others”. He also implied while defending the terrorists' actions during the Munich Olympics that he felt that the [[Jacobins|Jacobin Club]] during their [[Reign of Terror]] during the [[French Revolution]] didn't kill enough people.<ref>http://www.hoover.org/research/absolute-intellectual<br />“A revolutionary regime must get rid of a certain number of individuals that threaten it and I see no other means for this than death; it is always possible to get out of a prison; the revolutionaries of 1793 probably didn’t kill enough people,” he [Sartre] said.</ref><ref>''Sartre: The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century'', Bernard Henri-Levy. p. 344</ref>