Sartre the novelist and Sartre the philosopher united in a fundamental work written in 1947. This essay was a response to critics' accusations that literature is politically biased and is moving away from high art. The author tries to answer the most important questions for a writer: What does it mean to write? Why do people write? For whom do people write? The answers he found are extraordinary and provocative, and entire generations of writers, philosophers and literary critics defend, refute and reinterpret his ideas. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.