Simone de Beauvoir

@INFJ, Career and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Simone de Beauvoir was an eminent French writer, intellectual, activist, and philosopher Paris Atheists Bisexual Feminists Communists French Intellectuals & Academics Philosophers Writers Novelists Essayists INFJ Capricorn Celebrities 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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Birthday: January 9, 1908 Died on: April 14, 1986 Nationality: French Famous: Atheists, Bisexual, Feminists, Communists, Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers, Writers, Novelists, Essayists, INFJ Ideologies: Communists City/State: Paris Spouses: Jean-Paul Sartre Information Detail Birthday January 9, 1908 Died on April 14, 1986 Nationality French Famous Atheists, Bisexual, Feminists, Communists, Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers, Writers, Novelists, Essayists, INFJ Ideologies Communists City/State Paris Spouses Jean-Paul Sartre Siblings Hélène de Beauvoir Known as Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, Castor Childrens Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir Universities University of Paris Birth Place Paris Religion Atheism Gender Female Father Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir Mother Françoise Brasseur Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Paris Famous as Writer Died at Age 78

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She once contemplated marriage with her cousin Jacques Champigneulle but that never happened. Unsplash Personal Life

She never married but remained in life-long relationship with famous philosopher Jean Paul Sartre since October 1929. Unsplash Personal Life

Beauvoir adopted Sylvie Le Bon as her daughter who was her literary heir. Unsplash Personal Life

Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris to Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir and Françoise Beauvoir on January 9, 1908. Her father was a legal secretary and her mother was the daughter of a wealthy banker. Her sister Helena was two years younger. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Her family lost most of their fortune after the First World War. Even though she was highly religious and God loving since childhood and intended to be a nun, she faced crisis of faith at the age of 14 and from then on remained an atheist throughout her life. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1925 she cleared baccalauréat exams in philosophy and mathematics. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1926 she obtained Certificates of Higher Studies in Latin and French literature. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She went to live with her grandmother to study Philosophy in Sorbonne. In 1927 she received Certificates in General Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic and Greek. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Simone de Beauvoir started her career as a teacher in 1931 in a lycée at Marseilles. Unsplash Career

In 1932 she moved to Rouen to teach advanced literature and philosophy in the ‘Lycée Jeanne d'Arc’. As she advocated pacifism and was outspoken about the condition of women, she was officially admonished. Later in 1941 the Nazi Government discharged her from her post of teacher. Unsplash Career

She wrote the novel ‘She Came to Stay’ during 1935-1937 and got it published in 1943. It was a success and she was acknowledged as a writer. Her other notable writings that followed during this period include ‘The Blood of Others’, ‘Who Shall Die?’ and ‘Men are Mortal’. Unsplash Career

In 1943 she was again dismissed from teaching following complaints of moral corruption by parents of one of her female students. That brought an end to her teaching career. Unsplash Career

Her remarkable essays on existentialist ethics include ‘Pyrrhus et Cinéas’ published in 1944 and ‘The Ethics of Ambiguity’ in1947. Unsplash Career

‘The Second Sex’ remains her best philosophical work and is till date considered an important subject in dealing with oppression and liberation of women. Unsplash Major Works

The Mandarins is also considered as one of her most successful books and fetched her highest literary award of France, the ‘Prix Goncourt’. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 9, 1908
Died on	April 14, 1986
Nationality	French
Famous	Atheists, Bisexual, Feminists, Communists, Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers, Writers, Novelists, Essayists, INFJ
Ideologies	Communists
City/State	Paris
Spouses	Jean-Paul Sartre
Siblings	Hélène de Beauvoir
Known as	Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, Castor
Childrens	Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir
Universities	University of Paris
Birth Place	Paris
Religion	Atheism
Gender	Female
Father	Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir
Mother	Françoise Brasseur
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Paris
Famous as	Writer
Died at Age	78

Simone de Beauvoir

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Jan 9, 1908

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