Birthday: January 9, 1908 (Capricorn)
Born In: Paris, France
Simone de Beauvoir was an eminent French writer, intellectual, feminist, political activist, social theorist and an existentialist philosopher. Her diverse corpus includes novels, short stories, travel diaries, essays, philosophy, ethical writings, biographies, autobiographies, social issues and politics. She had major influence on feminism, feminist theory and feminist existentialism which is prominent from her revolutionary masterpiece ‘The Second Sex’ that deals with oppression of women. Her other notable writings include ‘She Came to Stay’, ‘The Ethics of Ambiguity’, ‘The Mandarins’ and ‘Pyrrhus et Cineas’. Many of her writings speak strongly of her philosophical bent of mind which was influenced by idealisms and philosophy of Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger and Descartes among others. Simone de Beauvoir had an open relationship with famous philosopher Jean Paul Sartre. Although most of her ideas were original and sometimes different from Sartre, many a times Simone de Beauvoir was unfairly tagged as a follower of Sartrean philosophy. Throughout her life she remained under close scrutiny of the public.
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Also Known As: Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
Died At Age: 78
Spouse/Ex-: Jean-Paul Sartre
father: Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir
mother: Françoise Brasseur
siblings: Hélène de Beauvoir
children: Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir
Born Country: France
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place of death: Paris, France
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Ideology: Communists
City: Paris
education: University Of Paris
awards: 1975 - Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society
1978 - Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1983 - Sonning Prize
1954 - Prix Goncourt - Les Mandarins
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