Today, 61 years ago, on October 22, 1964 (September 17, 1964), Sartre refused to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. On October 22, 1964, the famous French writer and philosopher Sartre issued a statement refusing to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature of that year. In a statement he said, ¡°My refusal was not a sudden and hasty action, I always denied official honors.¡±