Simone de Beauvoir
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born
January 09, 1908
died
April 14, 1986
gender
female
place of birth
Paris, France
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics
influences
Descartes, Wollstonecraft, Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, Sade
about this author
"Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was a French author and philosopher. She wrote novels, monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues, essays, biographies, and an autobiography. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir
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The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.95 — 1,831 ratings — published 1949 28 editions |
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The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.98 — 324 ratings — published 1954 16 editions |
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 4.02 — 307 ratings — published 1958 25 editions |
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The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.91 — 289 ratings — published 1967 17 editions |
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All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.92 — 273 ratings — published 1946 12 editions |
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The Ethics Of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 4.11 — 241 ratings — published 1947 5 editions |
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She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.93 — 229 ratings — published 1975 17 editions |
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A Very Easy Death (Pantheon Modern Writers Series) by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.96 — 190 ratings — published 1964 21 editions |
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Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 3.84 — 116 ratings — published 1963 12 editions |
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Letters to Sartre by Simone de Beauvoir avg rating 4.00 — 85 ratings — published 1991 4 editions |
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"In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation."
— Simone de Beauvoir
— Simone de Beauvoir
"It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living."
— Simone de Beauvoir
— Simone de Beauvoir
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