The Childhood of a Leader

by Jean-Paul Sartre · first published 1939

The Childhood of a Leader (L'enfance d'un chef) is a short story or novella of slightly over a hundred pages by Jean-Paul Sartre. It is the final story in Sartre's collection that reflects a significant change from nonexistence to existence through chronicling the life of Lucien Fleurier since he was a child until he became an antisemitic Camelot who believes that he can become a true leader. The work was published in 1939 with four other short stories in a collection entitled The Wall.

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