22 October 1964 October 21, 2013 Author: Staff Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He turns down the honor. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it." W. Somerset Maugham — Click here for more from W. Somerset Maugham Related posts: 17 October 1964 21 November 1964 10 February 1964 6 August 1964 28 May 1964 6 August 1964 22 October 1907 19 October 1956 29 February 2004 Categories: History Tags: 1964, 22 October