Author: Simone De Beauvoir

Date of birth: January 9, 1908
Date of death: April 14, 1986
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French philosopher, novelist, and essayist, the lifelong companion of [Jean-Paul Sartre][1] and vice versa. Beauvoir's two volume treatise [Le deuxiÃ¨me sexe][2] (1949, The Second Sex) is among the most widely read feminist works. ([Source][3].)

[1]: http://openlibrary.org/a/OL896456A/Jean-Paul_Sartre
[2]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL767937W/Le_deuxie%CC%80me_sexe
[3]: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/beauvoir.htm