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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 /; French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ⓘ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
Apr 10, 2024 · Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) was a French existentialist writer. She is known for her treatise The Second Sex (1949), an argument for the abolition of what she called the myth of the ‘eternal feminine.’. It became a classic of feminist literature. She also won the Prix Goncourt for her novel The Mandarins (1954).
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.
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. Updated: Aug...
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. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949. [3]
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.
Apr 25, 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.
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