Modernism
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 – 1986
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
- France
- European Theory & Influence
- Feminist Criticism
- Existentialism
- existentialism
- feminism
- Literary Theory
About
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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