by Jean-Paul Sartre · Editions Verdier · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782864322986
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«La responsabilité de l'écrivain» is the philosophical essay by Jean-Paul Sartre, published by Editions Verdier in paperback (60 pages, in French).
Sartre starts from a scene in The Charterhouse of Parma to show that naming brings into existence: the writer, whether he wants it or not, participates in language and with it transforms reality. Writing is thus an experience of freedom, but a concrete freedom that changes according to the era; hence the text concludes with proposals for action and reflection on the writer's role.
Included in Verdier's «Philosophie» collection. The text comes from a 1946 lecture presented at the first session of the general conference of Unesco in Paris.
For readers of philosophy and literary theory interested in Sartre's thought on the writer's commitment.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
