Literature and Existentialism Author:Jean-Paul Sartre, Bernard Frechtman (Translator) The original title for this book was What Is Writing?, first published in 1949. It is a classical literary manifesto by Jean-Paul Sartre, the founder of French existentialism, comprised of three essays entitled "What is Writing?", "Why Write?", and "For Whom Does One Write?" in which the authors examines... more » writing and literature.« less