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Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (UK: / d ə ˈ b oʊ v w ɑːr /, US: / d ə b oʊ ˈ v w ɑːr /; [2] [3] French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ⓘ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women in the present society as well as throughout all of history.
Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), author of "Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man", Justine, The 120 Days of Sodom, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Juliette; Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803), author of Les Liaisons dangereuses; Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817) Benjamin Constant (1767–1830), author of Adolphe; Sophie de ...
The Mandarins (French: Les Mandarins) is a 1954 roman à clef by Simone de Beauvoir, for which she won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work of the year, in 1954. The Mandarins was first published in English in 1956 (in a translation by Leonard M. Friedman).
Violette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French writer. Early life and education ... In 1944, Violette saw Simone de Beauvoir, and in 1945, ...
All Men Are Mortal (French: Tous les hommes sont mortels) is a 1946 novel by Simone de Beauvoir. It tells the story of Raimon Fosca, a man cursed to live forever. The first American edition of this work was published by The World Publishing Company. Cleveland and New York, 1955. It was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name.
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer and philosopher Ben no Naishi (弁内侍, c. 1220s – c. 1270), Japanese court lady and poet Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), American anthropologist
She Came to Stay (French, L'Invitée) [1] is a novel written by French author Simone de Beauvoir first published in 1943. The novel is a fictional account of her and Jean-Paul Sartre 's relationship with Olga Kosakiewicz and Wanda Kosakiewicz .