Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes . The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt,...See more
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes . The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986. See less
Simone de Beauvoir's Featured Books
Simone de Beauvoir book reviews
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The Second Sex
A classic eye-opener that, densely packed with permanently pertinent information, is well worth the read. Read More
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Prime of Life
Absorbing memoir of war years in France
by Lyric337, Jul 10, 2008
Prime of Life by Simone De Beauvoir is an absorbing account of her meeting and relationship with Sartre and her experiences before and during the war in France. Her day to day meetings with various ... Read More
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The Mandarins
She can't stop talking
A must read for anyone who wants to feel the intellectual and emotional aftermaths of the German Occupation of France. Particularly informative about the split in the Left between Stalinists and ... Read More