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  1. 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 /; French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ⓘ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.

  2. May 29, 2024 · Simone de Beauvoir (born January 9, 1908, Paris, France—died April 14, 1986, Paris) was a French writer and feminist, a member of the intellectual fellowship of philosopher-writers who have given a literary transcription to the themes of existentialism.

  3. Aug 17, 2004 · Simone de Beauvoir. Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) was a philosopher, novelist, feminist, public intellectual and activist, and one of the major figures in existentialism in post-war France.

  4. Aug 9, 2023 · French writer Simone de Beauvoir laid the foundation for the modern feminist movement. Also an existentialist philosopher, she had a long-term relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.

  5. 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.

  6. Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most preeminent French existentialist philosophers and writers. Working alongside other famous existentialists such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, de Beauvoir produced a rich corpus of writings including works on ethics, feminism, fiction, autobiography, and politics.

  7. Jun 26, 2024 · Perhaps the most renowned French feminist writer of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir (Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir) (1908-1986) made significant contributions to the French feminist and existentialist movements.

  8. Aug 17, 2004 · Simone de Beauvoir is one of these belatedly acknowledged philosophers. Identifying herself as an author rather than as a philosopher and calling herself the midwife of Sartre's existential ethics rather than a thinker in her own right, Beauvoir's place in philosophy has only recently been secured.

  9. May 27, 2010 · Beauvoir not only marshaled a vast arsenal of fact and theory; she galvanized a critical mass of consciousness — a collective identity — that was indispensable to the women’s...

  10. Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, feminist, social theorist, and existential philosopher. She is best known for her groundbreaking ideas surrounding feminism; her book, The Second Sex , is said to mark the beginning of second wave feminism across the globe.

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