Simone de Beauvoir Autographed Letter Signed.

DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.

Item Number: 68012

Autograph letter signed in French by Simone de Beauvoir regarding her publisher Gallimard. The letter measures 4 inches by 6 inches. With the original envelope addressed to the recipient in de Beauvoir’s hand.

Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. De Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies, autobiography and monographs on philosophy, politics and social issues. She was known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism; and for her novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins.