Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher and leading figure of the existentialist movement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964. Joseph S. Catalano is professor emeritus of philosophy at Kean University. He is the author Reading Sartre and The Saint and the Atheist. Carol Cosman was a translator of French literature and letters, including works by Camus, Balzac, Beauvoir, and Durkheim.