Simone de Beauvoir ✓

(1908–1986) political activist France

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[Wikidata] French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)... | [Wikipedia] Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a significant influence on both feminist existent

About Simone de Beauvoir

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

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Notable works:

Le Deuxième Sexe

Awards:

Austrian State Prize for European Literature|Benjamin E. Lippincott Award|honorary doctorate of Concordia University|Prix Goncourt|Jerusalem Prize

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