- Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 but he turned it down.
- Longtime lover of Simone de Beauvoir.
- Founded the newspaper "Libération" with Serge July in 1973.
- Was portrayed by Fred Wellisch in the 2000 stage production of 'John Susman''s three-hander, "Nelson & Simone," at Chicago's Live Bait Theatre. The other two characters, of course, were Nelson Algren (played by Gary Houston) and Simone de Beauvoir (played by Rebecca Covey).
- In 2018 (January - April) his play "Nekrassov" was presented for the first time in Greece at the "Apo Michanis Theatro" (i.e. Ex Machina Theatre) in Athens, in a critically praised production by THEAMA, the first and internationally acclaimed Greek inclusive theatre company composed by both disabled and non-disabled actors, brilliantly directed by its founder Vassilis Oikonomou, who also received kudos on his marvelous performance in the leading role of Georges De Valera together with Michalis Tamboukas as Inspector Goblet, Panos Zournatzidis as Jules Palotin and Katerina Kontomarkou as Demidoff. The fine cast also included Manos Triantafillakis (Beggar Robert, Sibilot), Aimiliani Avraam (Beggar Irma, Peruvian Mayor's Interpreter, Nerciat), Konstantinos Loukas and Hannah El Haj Omar as Police Officers, Angeliki Nomikou (Palotin's Secretary), Christina Toumba (Tavernier), Efi Toumba (Périgord), Maria Mourelatou (Peruvian Mayor), Andreas Zikoulis (Mouton), Elie Driva (Veronique), Evangelia Schina (Mrs. Bounoumi), Stavros Zafeiris (Baudouin and Chapuis) and Marina Besiri (Party Guest) in excellent performances. This acclaimed stage production was also the first theatrical Greek one accessible to persons with sensory disabilities as it included SDH surtitles both in Greek and English, Greek Sign Language interpretation and audio description. The sublime music of the show was composed by Elias Kourtparasidis. The process of the production was also depicted in the documentary film project Enas allos... Sartre (2018).
- References to Sartre appear in the Hollywood Mouth trilogy of films directed by Jordan Mohr, who has played Simone de Beauvoir five times.
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