Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir
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Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir is the adoptive daughter of Simone de Beauvoir
. She is a philosophy
professor
. The meeting between the two women was recounted in the book Tout compte fait, which Beauvoir dedicated to her.
In the 1960s, Sylvie Le Bon was a brilliant young philosophy student, so empassioned by Beauvoir's books that she decided to meet her. Initially very intimidated by her, she rapidly became the 60-year-old writer's friend despite Sylvie's youth. Together, they travelled and formed their conception of philosophy and feminist struggle.
When Jean-Paul Sartre
died in 1980, Sylvie took care of the tired and ill Simone de Beauvoir. So as not to be dependent on her sister, Hélène de Beauvoir
, Simone decided to adopt Sylvie and at the same time to grant her the moral rights to her literary works.
After the death of Simone de Beauvoir in 1986, Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir published several volumes of letters:
She is preparing a publication of the letters of Simone de Beauvoir
and Violette Leduc
in May 2006 (communication with the writer, May 2006).
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
. She is a philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
. The meeting between the two women was recounted in the book Tout compte fait, which Beauvoir dedicated to her.
In the 1960s, Sylvie Le Bon was a brilliant young philosophy student, so empassioned by Beauvoir's books that she decided to meet her. Initially very intimidated by her, she rapidly became the 60-year-old writer's friend despite Sylvie's youth. Together, they travelled and formed their conception of philosophy and feminist struggle.
When Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...
died in 1980, Sylvie took care of the tired and ill Simone de Beauvoir. So as not to be dependent on her sister, Hélène de Beauvoir
Hélène de Beauvoir
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US. She married Lionel de Roulet....
, Simone decided to adopt Sylvie and at the same time to grant her the moral rights to her literary works.
After the death of Simone de Beauvoir in 1986, Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir published several volumes of letters:
- Lettres à Sartre - an anthology of the letters between Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre
- Lettres à Nelson AlgrenNelson AlgrenNelson Algren was an American writer.-Early life:Algren was born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Goldie and Gerson Abraham. At the age of three he moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois where they lived in a working-class, immigrant neighborhood on the South Side...
- Correspondance croisée (Simone de Beauvoir and Jacques-Laurent BostJacques-Laurent BostJacques-Laurent Bost , was a French journalist. He worked for the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné, and was a friend of Jean-Paul Sartre, and of Simone de Beauvoir, who was his lover. He married Olga Kosakiewicz....
) - Anne, ou quand prime le spirituel (republication of Simone's first novel)
She is preparing a publication of the letters of Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
and Violette Leduc
Violette Leduc
Violette Leduc was a French author.She was born in Arras, Pas de Calais, France, the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl, Berthe. In Valenciennes, the young Violette spent most of her childhood suffering from poor self-esteem, exacerbated by her mother's hostility and overprotectiveness...
in May 2006 (communication with the writer, May 2006).