AKA Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir

Born: 9-Jan-1908
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 14-Apr-1986
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated, Cimeti�re de Montparnasse, Paris, France

Gender: Female
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Activist, Author

Nationality: France
Executive summary: The Second Sex

Buried with Jean-Paul Sartre.

Father: Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir (b. 1878, d. 1941)
Mother: Françoise Brasseur (b. 1885, d. 1963)
Boyfriend: Jean-Paul Sartre (existential philosopher)
Boyfriend: Nelson Algren (American novelist)
Slept with: Arthur Koestler
Daughter: Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir (adopted)
Girlfriend: Olga Kosakiewicz
Sister: Poupette (younger)

    University: Sorbonne
    Professor: Sorbonne (1941-43)

    Goncourt Prize 1954 for Mandarins
    Sonning Prize 1983
    Les Temps Modernes
    Abortion
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Amphetamines

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