Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir, born Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir on January 9, 1908, in Paris, France, is the writer and feminist, a member of the intellectual fellowship of philosopher-writers who have given a literary transcription to the themes of existentialism. She is known primarily for her treatise Le Deuxième Sexe, 2 vol. (1949;…