ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -M. Sartre was interviewed by journalists outside the Paris flat of his friend Simone de Beauvoir, authoress and playwright. He also told the press he rejected the Nobel Prize for fear that it would limit the impact of his writing.

Detailed explanation-2: -When Hanoi was bombed at Christmastime on Kissinger’s orders, Le Duc Tho agreed to an armistice. But when he received the Peace Prize together with Kissinger in the autumn of 1973, he refused to accept it, on the grounds that his opposite number had violated the truce.

Detailed explanation-3: -While most consider the Nobel Prize a major honor, two winners have voluntarily declined the award. Jean-Paul Sartre, who refused all official awards, did not accept the 1964 literature prize. In 1974 he was joined by Le Duc Tho, who, with Henry Kissinger, shared the peace prize for their work to end the Vietnam War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The publication of Les Mots in 1963 is believed to have strengthened Sartre’s candidacy and in October 1964 the Academy decided to award Sartre, their decision was sealed with a final vote on 22 October 1964.

Detailed explanation-5: -Le Duc Tho. Born in Na Ham province of Vietnam, Le Duc Tho is a famous revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. Jean Paul Sartre. In 1964, famous writer and philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre had received Nobel Prize in Literature. Boris Pasternak. Erik Axel Karlfeldt. 06-Jun-2016