Simone de Beauvoir

French philosopher, writer, social thinker, and feminist activist. Against the backdrop of existentialist thought, she discussed freedom, responsibility, human ways of living, and the social position in which women are placed. Her representative work The Second Sex (1949), a work analyzing the oppression of women and inequality between the sexes, had a major impact on the development of modern feminism. She is also known for novels such as She Came to Stay (1943) and The Mandarins (1954), as well as her autobiographical writings.

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Year	Simone de Beauvoir
1908	Birth of Simone de Beauvoir (Period: January 9, 1908, Location: Paris, France)
1920	Philosophy research at the École Normale Supérieure and meeting with Jean-Paul Sartre (Age: 11 years old, Period: Late 1920s–1929, Location: France, Paris)
1929	High school teaching position (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1929–1943, Location: Marseille, Rouen, Paris, etc., in France)
1939	World War II (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Britain, North Africa, Mediterranean region, etc.)
1940	Nazi German occupation of France (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1940–1944, Location: France, Paris, etc.)
1945	Robert Brasillach trial (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1945, Location: France, Paris)
1949	Publication of The Second Sex (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1949, Location: Paris, France (published by Gallimard))
1954	Winning of the Goncourt Prize (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1954, Location: France)
1971	Active participation in the women's liberation movement (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1970s, especially 1971–1972 onwards, Location: Various locations centered around Paris, France)
1986	Death of Simone de Beauvoir (Age: 78 years old, Period: April 14, 1986)

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