As the leading feminist philosopher of the 20th century, Simone de Beauvoir’s best-selling book The Second Sex exemplified the power of writing to bring women’s experiences out from the shadows and ...

THE France into which Simone de Beauvoir was born on the ninth of January, 1908, though fairly solidly bourgeois, was in the throes of one of its periodic crises. The country had just been shaken to ...

In Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, Simone de Beauvoir remembers that as a child, she imagined her best friend, Élisabeth “Zaza” Lacoin, dying, and her schoolteacher announcing that Zaza had been called ...

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Elsa Zylberstein (“Simone: Woman of the Century”) will star as the French feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir in a feature film that will be penned by Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton and ...

Inseparable. By Simone de Beauvoir. Translated by Sandra Smith. Ecco; 176 pages; $26.99. Published in Britain as “The Inseparables”. Translated by Lauren Elkin. Vintage Classics; £12.99 IN 1958, IN ...

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One of the most prominent figures in feminism is Simone de Beauvoir, who has left us a remarkable legacy. Among them are her famous quotes on love, women, and freedom, which you should know as they ...

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In a nation that sees itself as a tranquil oasis of prosperity and business virtue, he drew death threats for pointing out a dark underside. By Adam Nossiter The Chicago-born curator Naomi Beckwith ...