Simone de Beauvoir

Beauvoir was a French philosopher, novelist and feminist who helped shape existentialist thought. The Second Sex, her study of women’s oppression, became one of the twentieth century’s most influential feminist works.

The day shown

Paris · 1965

Beauvoir described her working habits in a 1965 interview. Morning writing, time with friends and another session at Sartre’s apartment divided her Paris day. These are habits from that period, with estimated boundaries where the interview does not give a clock time.