Born in 1908, Simone de Beauvoir was a brilliant scholar and novelist, leading member of the existentialist movement and a committed socialist and feminist.
Raised in a stiflingly respectable envitonment, as a young woman she totally rejected her parents\' values and embarked on her literary career..
Born in 1908, Simone de Beauvoir was a brilliant scholar and novelist, leading member of the existentialist movement and a committed socialist and feminist