Les Temps modernes
The year 1946 marked a turning point in Vian's life: At one of the popular parties that he and Michelle hosted he made the acquaintance of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus, became a regular in their literary circles and started regularly publishing various materials in "Les Temps modernes". Vian admired Sartre in particular and gave him a prominent role—as "Jean-Sol Partre"—in "L'Écume des jours" (litt. "The foam of the days") published in English under the title: "Froth on the Daydream". Ironically, Sartre and Michelle Vian commenced a relationship that would eventually destroy Vian's marriage.