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Books by Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) was a French philosopher, novelist, and feminist thinker whose work spans existentialist philosophy, fiction, and social criticism. She studied at the Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure, where she met Sartre, and spent her career writing, teaching, and engaging in left-wing politics. In addition to The Second Sex, she wrote the novels The Mandarins and She Came to Stay, and the autobiographical volumes Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter and The Prime of Life. She co-founded the journal Les Temps Modernes with Sartre and remained a central figure in French intellectual life until her death.