Jean-Paul Sartre diary
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jean-Paul Sartre diary
- Date
- 1951
- Creator
- Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Existentialism
- Philosophy.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 69m23 : [identification of item], Jean-Paul Sartre diary, 1951, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher known for his foundational concepts of modern existentialism. He was born in Paris, France in 1905 and studied at the École Normale Supérieure. He later taught philosophy in Le Havre, Laon, and Lycée Pasteur.
- Sartre was very fond of Italy, and visited frequently. In 1951, he wrote a book entitled La Reine Albemarle, in which he described Italian cities Venice, Capri Rome, and Naples.
- Scope and Content
- The Jean-Paul Sartre diary (September 21-25, 1951; 0.01 cubic feet; 1 item) comprises 15 handwritten pages in French, documenting one of Jean-Paul Sartre's visits to Rome, Italy. The Jean-Paul Sartre diary is the first chapter of a book Sartre wrote in 1951 entitled La Reine Albemarle. This book, currently published as fragments, details Sartre's visits to Venice, Capri, and Naples with the underlying themes of light, time, and beauty.
- He opens his diary with a descriptive account of his arrival to Rome: looking out of the plane window to see the "darkening green carpet" below, the "thickening warmth" during the plane's descent and observing of his fellow travelers who were "just as English as they were this morning in London, just as French as they were in Paris". Sartre had a particular fondness for Rome, "a city in a state of celebration, every night". Over the course of four days (September 21-25), he visits place Navona, place Saint-Ignace, the Roman and Trajan Forums.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Jean-Paul Sartre diary, 1951
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