de Beauvoir

American  

[duh bohv-wahr, duh boh-vwar] / də boʊvˈwɑr, də boʊˈvwar /

noun

1. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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de Beauvoir British  

/ də bovwar /

noun

1. Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Geneva Faye appreciates the literary curation and is delighted by today’s choice of Simone de Beauvoir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

It inspire Simone de Beauvoir in 1960 to say, "BB now deserves to be considered an export product as important as Renault automobiles."

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

Writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett and singer Serge Gainsbourg were laid to rest at Montparnasse, while actress Jane Birkin's ashes were interned there.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

The backshifted Simone de Beauvoir noted that women faced discrimination is neutral as to whether such discrimination is a persistent feature of our society.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker