Jean Paul Sartre, the famous, French author and existentialist philosopher who, last month, turned down the Nobel Price in literature, filed a petition today in the Seine District Court, seeking authorization to adopt and name as his heiress, Miss Arlette Elkain, a Jewish girl born in Algeria.
Miss Elkain, who is 28, came to France 10 years ago and has been, since, employed by M. Sartre as his personal secretary. She is also a contributor to Temps Modernes, a philosophical review expounding M. Sartres existentialist philosophy. Sartre, who is philosophically opposed to marriage as an institution, is unmarried. It is believed certain that the court will grant M. Sartres petition.
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