Woman of Genius

Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycees at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes . The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.>

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Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.Lauren Elkin is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Scaffolding, Art Monsters, and Flâneuse. Her essays on art, literature, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harper's, Le Monde, Les Inrockuptibles, and Frieze, among others. An award-winning translator, she lives between Paris and London.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simone De Beauvoir
• Con la collaborazione di: Elkin Lauren (Traduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781529985733
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-8573-3
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Brief Encounters
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; France, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Narrative theme: Sense of place, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, FICTION / Biographical & Autofiction, Classic fiction: literary and general, Literature of France