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Writers' Rooms: Imagine What It Was Like To Sit Down At The Desk Of Simone de Beauvoir, Philosopher, Novelist, Activist, Essayist

Writers' Rooms: Imagine What It Was Like To Sit Down At The Desk Of Simone de Beauvoir, Philosopher, Novelist, Activist, Essayist | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From www.npr.org - May 20, 2017 12:13 AM
"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman," wrote the pioneering French feminist. The National Museum of Women in the Arts invites visitors to explore a replica of her cozy, cluttered workspace.
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Simone de Beauvoir letters to her mother and sister unknown and unpublished to be offered at Christie's

Simone de Beauvoir letters to her mother and sister unknown and unpublished to be offered at Christie's | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From artdaily.com - April 5, 2014 3:36 PM

"The Book & Manuscript department is pleased to announce the sale of two previously unknown correspondences of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986); one addressed to her mother Françoise (comprising 353 letters), the second to her sister Hélène (“Poupette”) (92 letters). These remarkable and unseen series offer a new perspective on de Beauvoir’s relationship with her family.

The long letters of Simone de Beauvoir to her “dear little mother”, written between 1918 and 1957 lift the veil on almost forty years of her life, from her years as “well-behaved little girl” to her life as an activist philosopher, emancipated from her bourgeois upbringing."

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