Simone de Beauvoir was a writer. The Second Sex is the book people name, and the memoirs are already a life story told by her. Decades of photographs show the cafés, the desk, and the public arguments. She died in 1986 and is buried with Jean-Paul Sartre at Montparnasse.
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Poveste
What I was told
This is a sample story. A grandchild would write what they were told, and the one afternoon they remember for themselves.
Sofia
Fotografie
Unknown. Copyright holder is Archives Gallimard at Paris, Archives Gallimard no longer exists · Public domain
Fotografie
Moshe Milner · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fotografie
刘东鳌(Liu Dong'ao) · Public domain
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Thomas
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Jon
Videoclipuri
The song from the old radio
A sample film for Simone de Beauvoir. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Simone de Beauvoir.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Paris
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris.
Cronologie
The Second Sex
The Second Sex was published.
Cronologie
Died in Paris
She died in Paris and was buried at Montparnasse cemetery.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Simone de Beauvoir. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1908
1949
1986