![Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964. Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1tXTvgDqrU/VhU7MFS8vvI/AAAAAAAALbc/4R9WFlhjaDA/s1600/2..jpg)
Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: October 22: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but rejected it in 1964.
![Samuel Beckett rejected as unsuitable for the Nobel prize in 1968 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian Samuel Beckett rejected as unsuitable for the Nobel prize in 1968 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f5239f5398b36ca07fa1c30388d2ae9f76659b8a/189_343_3621_2172/master/3621.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=fe7744f402b4bfa2819531877dfd753e)
Samuel Beckett rejected as unsuitable for the Nobel prize in 1968 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian
![Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2015/1/5/1420473658935/Claude-Lanzmann-Jean-Paul-012.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTUucG5n&s=1f0b1b56417cc5b0e73b4c5087cd9c6d)
Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel prize in a letter to jury that arrived too late | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian
![The Nobel Prize on Twitter: "Remembering Nobel Laureate Pierre Curie, born #OTD in 1859, who admirably rejected the #NobelPrize unless he could share it with his wife Marie. https://t.co/N82o1mRFZX" / Twitter The Nobel Prize on Twitter: "Remembering Nobel Laureate Pierre Curie, born #OTD in 1859, who admirably rejected the #NobelPrize unless he could share it with his wife Marie. https://t.co/N82o1mRFZX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdOGCPLW4AAC-EJ.jpg)