31 moments

1. Birth in Paris

   1905-06-21 · Paris, France

   Sartre was born in Paris, beginning a life that would make him one of the most prominent French philosophers and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. Settlement-level coordinates; the cited text does not identify the birth building.

2. Entered the École normale supérieure

   1924-01-01 · École normale supérieure, Paris, France

   Sartre entered the École normale supérieure with Paul Nizan, where he formed intellectual relationships that shaped his early philosophical career. The BnF chronology places this entry under 1924.

3. Teaching at Lycée du Havre

   1931-01-01 · Lycée François-Ier, Le Havre, France

   Sartre began his lycée teaching career in Le Havre, a formative period before his Berlin study year and later literary success. Coordinates are representative of the lycée/city area.

4. Study year at the French Institute in Berlin

   1933-01-01 · Institut français d'Allemagne, Berlin, Germany

   Sartre succeeded Raymond Aron at the Institut français d'Allemagne and studied Husserl's phenomenology, a major influence on his philosophical development. Berlin settlement coordinates; the cited article does not provide the institute's street address.

5. Summer journey in Italy

   1933-01-01 · Italy

   Sartre traveled in Italy with Simone de Beauvoir shortly before his Berlin appointment; the journey included their first visit to Venice. Country-level representative coordinates because the cited sentence does not specify a single Italian locality.

6. Teaching at Lycée de Laon

   1936-01-01 · Lycée de Laon, Laon, France

   After Le Havre and Berlin, Sartre taught at the Lycée de Laon during the 1936–37 school period. Coordinates are representative of Laon; the article does not supply the school's exact coordinates.

7. Teaching in Paris before the war

   1937-01-01 · Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

   Sartre returned to Paris to teach, first at Lycée Pasteur and then, before the war, in the Paris lycée system. The institution is in Neuilly-sur-Seine, immediately west of Paris; the source groups it under Paris.

8. Captured at Padoux

   1940-01-01 · Padoux, Vosges, France

   During the Battle of France, Sartre was captured by German troops at Padoux, beginning nine months of captivity as a prisoner of war.

9. Prisoner at Stalag XII-D

   1940-01-01 · Stalag XII-D, Trier, Germany

   Sartre was held at Stalag XII-D in Trier, where he wrote Bariona, ou le fils du tonnerre, his first theatrical work. Coordinates represent Trier because the cited text identifies the camp only by its Trier location.

10. Prisoner of war in Nancy

    1940-01-01 · Nancy, France

    Following his capture, Sartre was held as a prisoner of war in Nancy before his final confinement at Stalag XII-D in Trier. The source supports the year and location but not a more precise Nancy detention date.

11. Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral

    1941-01-01 · Hotel Mistral, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

    After release from captivity, Sartre regained a teaching position at Lycée Pasteur and settled at the Hotel Mistral in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Settlement-level coordinates; the hotel's exact historic location is not specified in the cited text.

12. Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera

    1941-08-01 · French Riviera, France

    Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir traveled to the French Riviera to seek André Gide's and André Malraux's support for Socialisme et Liberté. Regional representative coordinates because the cited text gives no specific Riviera locality.

13. Teaching at Lycée Condorcet

    1941-10-01 · Lycée Condorcet, Paris, France

    Under the Vichy-era educational system, Sartre took up a post at Lycée Condorcet in Paris, where he taught during the Occupation.

14. Moved to rue Bonaparte

    1945-01-01 · Rue Bonaparte, Paris, France

    After the war, Sartre moved to rue Bonaparte, his principal Paris residence and working base until 1962, from which he launched Les Temps modernes. Street-level representative coordinates; the cited sentence does not give an apartment number.

15. Visit to General Marshall at the Pentagon

    1945-01-01 · The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

    

    Soon after the Second World War, Sartre was among French journalists who visited General George C. Marshall at the Pentagon. The date is supported to year precision by the photograph caption.

16. Return visit to Naples

    1951-01-01 · Naples, Italy

    Sartre returned to Naples with Michelle Vian, revisiting a city that had affected him strongly in 1936. The preceding sentence identifies the city as Naples; the date is supported as late summer 1951 but recorded at year precision.

17. First trip to the Soviet Union

    1954-01-01 · Soviet Union

    Sartre undertook his first Soviet journey in 1954; after returning to France, he gave a five-part interview to Libération about the trip. Country-level representative coordinates because the cited BnF source does not identify the Soviet itinerary.

18. Photographed in China

    1955-01-01 · China

    

    Sartre traveled in China with Simone de Beauvoir; a Gallimard Archives photograph shows them there with their interpreter, Mme Cheng. The photograph is dated 1955. National representative coordinates are used because no city is stated in the cited caption.

19. In Brazil during the Jeanson-network trial

    1960-01-01 · Brazil

    Sartre was in Brazil when the French trial of the Jeanson network occurred; his statement of solidarity was sent with his approval and read in court. Country-level representative coordinates; the BnF source does not identify the Brazilian city.

20. La Coubre memorial service

    1960-03-05 · Havana, Cuba

    

    Sartre was photographed in Havana at the memorial service following the La Coubre explosion, during his 1960 Cuban visit with Simone de Beauvoir. Havana settlement coordinates; the memorial-service venue is not specified in the cited file description.

21. Studio at 222 boulevard Raspail

    1962-01-01 · 222 boulevard Raspail, Paris, France

    

    After attacks on his rue Bonaparte apartment, Sartre took a studio at 222 boulevard Raspail, where he remained until 1973. The BnF chronology places this entry under 1962.

22. Retreat at Hélène de Beauvoir's house

    1964-01-01 · Goxwiller, Bas-Rhin, France

    

    After being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he declined, Sartre tried to avoid media attention at Hélène de Beauvoir's house in Goxwiller. The Nobel Prize was awarded in 1964; the cited caption does not provide a more precise date.

23. Journey to Israel for intellectual dialogue

    1967-01-01 · Israel

    Sartre traveled to Israel as part of a 1967 effort to foster dialogue between Israeli and Egyptian intellectuals after visiting Egypt. Country-level representative coordinates because the BnF source does not identify an Israeli city.

24. Photographed in Venice

    1967-01-01 · Venice, Italy

    

    A contemporary photograph documents Sartre's presence in Venice during a period of sustained international political and cultural activity. The source is a photograph caption and supports year precision only.

25. Meeting President Nasser in Cairo

    1967-02-01 · Cairo, Egypt

    

    Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Claude Lanzmann met Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser at his Cairo home during Sartre's Middle East engagement. Cairo settlement coordinates; the cited caption does not provide the residence address.

26. Arrest during the May 1968 strikes

    1968-01-01 · Paris, France

    Sartre supported the May 1968 strike movement in Paris and was arrested for civil disobedience before President Charles de Gaulle intervened. The cited text supports Paris and 1968, but not a specific arrest site or date.

27. Speech outside Renault Billancourt

    1970-10-01 · Renault Billancourt factory site, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    As director of the Maoist newspaper La Cause du Peuple, Sartre addressed workers leaving the Renault Billancourt factory. Coordinates represent the historic Renault Billancourt/Île Seguin factory area.

28. Visit to Andreas Baader

    1974-01-01 · Stammheim Prison, Stuttgart, West Germany

    During a collective hunger strike, Sartre visited Red Army Faction prisoner Andreas Baader and criticized the conditions in Stammheim Prison.

29. Final journey to Israel

    1978-01-01 · Israel

    Sartre made his final trip to Israel in an effort to encourage a response to Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's peace initiative. Country-level representative coordinates because no city is identified in the source.

30. Boat-people appeal at the Élysée Palace

    1979-01-01 · Élysée Palace, Paris, France

    Supported by André Glucksmann and Raymond Aron, Sartre went to the Élysée Palace to support Vietnamese boat people leaving Vietnam. The BnF chronology places this entry under 1979.

31. Death in Paris

    1980-04-15 · Paris, France

    Sartre died in Paris from pulmonary edema at age seventy-four; his funeral later drew tens of thousands of mourners. Settlement-level coordinates; the cited text does not identify the place of death within Paris.