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Simone de Beauvoir — Philosopher, 1908–1986
An agrégée in philosophy, Sartre’s companion and a writer in her own right, she gave world feminism its founding book and the Goncourt Les Mandarins; she signed the Manifesto of the 343 and campaigned to the end. She was buried in Montparnasse. (Editorial synthesis)
Simone de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Simone de Beauvoir died on 14 April 1986. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Simone de Beauvoir died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded work of Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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