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Which French writer won the Nobel Prize in 1964 but refused it, becoming the first person to voluntarily decline the prize?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre — Sartre declined the Nobel Prize because he consistently refused all official honours, believing a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.
- A Albert Camus
- B Jean-Paul Sartre ✓
- C Andre Gide
- D Samuel Beckett
Sartre declined the Nobel Prize because he consistently refused all official honours, believing a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.