Simone de Beauvoir
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BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE, 1908 to 1986

Simone de Beauvoir

French philosopher, social theorist and activist.

Books
15
Editions tracked
21
First editions
11
Nationality
France

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Earliest first editionTous Les Hommes Sont MortelsGallimard, 1946 Most editions trackedA Very Easy Death2 editions
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  1. 1946Tous Les Hommes Sont MortelsGallimard
  2. 1949The Second SexGallimard
  3. 1952America Day by DayDuckworth
  4. 1954Les Mandarins, Par Simone de BeauvoirGallimard
  5. 1959Memoirs of a Dutiful DaughterPenguin Books
  6. 1962Prime of LifeDeutsch
  7. 1964A Very Easy DeathGallimard
  8. 1966Les Belles ImagesGallimard
  9. 1969The Woman DestroyedCollins
  10. 1972Tout Compte FaitGallimard
  11. 1991Letters to SartreRadius
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Simone de Beauvoir was born in 1908 and died in 1986.

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We track 15 books by Simone de Beauvoir across 21 editions, 11 of them first editions.

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