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Biography
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.
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Awards & recognition
- Benjamin E. Lippincott Award · 1981
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 1978
- Jerusalem Prize · 1975
- Prix Goncourt · 1954
- honorary doctorate of Concordia University
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- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1961 · nominated
