
English: 
Simone de Beauvoir was born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 9 January 1908.
Simone de Beauvoir was born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 9 January 1908.
Her family was leading a comfortable lifestyle. They were living on Boulevard Raspail.
Her family was leading a comfortable lifestyle. They were living on Boulevard Raspail.
Simone and Hélène, her sister, were educated at Cours Desir, a prestigious private convent school.
There, she met a girl who would become her best friend, Elisabeth Lacoin, that she refers to as Zaza in her Memoirs of a Dutiful daughter (1958).
There, she met a girl who would become her best friend, Elisabeth Lacoin, that she refers to as Zaza in her Memoirs of a Dutiful daughter (1958).
Her family lost most of their fortune after World War I they had to move.
Her family lost most of their fortune after World War I they had to move.
I promised to myself that  when I would be a grown-up I would not forget that 5 year-old children are self-actualized individuals
I promised to myself that  when I would be a grown-up I would not forget that 5 year-old children are self-actualized individuals
that is what adults were denying when they were condescending to me and they were offending me.
that is what adults were denying when they were condescending to me and they were offending me.
that is what adults were denying when they were condescending to me and they were offending me.
She used to be a devout Roman Catholic but once she became a teenager she realised that she didn't believe.
She used to be a devout Roman Catholic but once she became a teenager she realised that she didn't believe.
It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
Simone was a high-achieving student. Her father, who once aspired to become an actor, had a passion for literature and he encouraged her pursuit of academic endeavours.
Simone was a high-achieving student. Her father, who once aspired to become an actor, had a passion for literature and he encouraged her pursuit of academic endeavours.
Simone was a high-achieving student. Her father, who once aspired to become an actor, had a passion for literature and he encouraged her pursuit of academic endeavours.
She was awarded diplomas in mathematics, literature, Latin, and a degree in literature in 1928, and then a thesis in philosophy at the Sorbonne.

French: 
SImone de Beauvoir naît le 9 janvier 1908
dans le 6e arrondissement de Paris.
Sa famille a un train de vie aisé.
Ils habitent boulevard Raspail.
Simone et sa soeur Hélène sont scolarisées au Cours Desir.
Elle y rencontre celle qui devient sa meilleure amie,
Elisabeth Lacoin, Zaza.
Après la Première Guerre mondiale,
sa famille appauvrie doit déménager.
Je me promis lorsque je serai grande
de ne pas oublier qu'on est à 5 ans un individu complet
c'est ce que niaient les adultes
lorsqu'ils me marquaient de la condescendance
et ils m'offensaient.
Catholique pratiquante,
à l'adolescence elle découvre qu'elle ne croit pas.
Il m'était plus facile de penser un monde sans créateur
qu'un créateur chargé de toutes les contradictions du monde.
Simone est une élève brillante.
Son père, passionné de belles-lettres,
l'encourage à faire des études.
Elle obtient des diplômes en mathématiques,

French: 
littérature, latin, puis une licence ès lettres mention philosophie en 1928.
A la faculté des lettres de l'université de Paris,
elle rencontre Jean-Paul Sartre.
Sartre répondait exactement au voeu de mes quinze an :
il était le double en qui je retrouvais,
portées à l'incandescence, toutes mes manies.
Avec lui, je pourrais toujours tout partager.
(...) Je savais que plus jamais il ne sortirait de ma vie.
Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre
sont reçus au concours d'agrégation de philosophie en 1929.
Elle commence sa carrière à Paris,
puis est nommées à Marseille,
alors que Jean-Paul Sartre, lui, est nommé au Havre.
Jean-Paul Sartre lui propose de l'épouser
mais elle refuse.
Je dois dire que pas un instant
je ne fus tentée de donner suite à sa suggestion.
Le mariage multiplie par deux les obligations familiales.
et toutes les corvées sociales.
En modifiant nos rapports avec autrui,

English: 
She was awarded diplomas in mathematics, literature, Latin, and a degree in literature in 1928, and then a thesis in philosophy at the Sorbonne.
While she was sitting in on courses at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, in preparation for the agrégation in philosophy, she met Jean-Paul Sartre.
While she was sitting in on courses at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, in preparation for the agrégation in philosophy, she met Jean-Paul Sartre.
Sartre was completely answering the wishes I had when I was 15: He was the double into whom I would find with extreme similarities, all my obsessions.
Sartre was completely answering the wishes I had when I was 15: He was the double into whom I would find with extreme similarities, all my obsessions.
Sartre was completely answering the wishes I had when I was 15: He was the double into whom I would find with extreme similarities, all my obsessions.
I knew I would  always be able to share everything with him. (...)  I knew that he would never leave my life.
I knew I would  always be able to share everything with him. (...)  I knew that he would never leave my life.
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre passed the agrégation exam in 1929.
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre passed the agrégation exam in 1929.
She started her teaching career in Paris, and then was given a position in Marseille, but Jean-Paul Sartre had to go teach in Le Havre.
She started her teaching career in Paris, and then was given a position in Marseille, but Jean-Paul Sartre had to go teach in Le Havre.
She started her teaching career in Paris, and then was given a position in Marseille, but Jean-Paul Sartre had to go teach in Le Havre.
Jean-Paul Sartre asked her to marry him but she refused.
Jean-Paul Sartre asked her to marry him but she refused.
I must say that not even a moment was I tempted to follow-up on his suggestion.
I must say that not even a moment was I tempted to follow-up on his suggestion.
Marriage multiplies by two family duties and social chores.
Marriage multiplies by two family duties and social chores.
By modifying our relationships with others, it would have inevitably altered those that existed between us.

French: 
il eût fatalement altéré ceux qui existaient entre nous.
Le souci de préserver ma propre indépendance
ne pesa pas lourd;
Il m'eût paru artificiel de chercher dans l'absence
une liberté que je ne pouvais sincèrement retrouver
que dans ma tête et mon coeur.
Ils réinventent alors le couple.
Ils auront des aventures avec d'autres personnes,
les amours contingents.
Mais leur couple reste leur amour nécessaire.
Elle connaît plusieurs amours,
notamment Olga, Bianca et "le petit Bost".
1er septembre 1939
Seconde Guerre mondiale
22 juin 1940, la France signe l'armistice
La France est occupée par l'armée allemande.
Le père de Simone de Beauvoir décède en 1941.
Au printemps 1941, elle crée avec Sartre,
Merleau-Ponty, Jean Toussaint, et d'autres intellectuels

English: 
By modifying our relationships with others, it would have inevitably altered those that existed between us.
Those considerations of preserving my own independence didn't weigh much;
Those considerations of preserving my own independence didn't weigh much;
it would have seemed artificial to look into the absence in order to find a freedom that could be found with sincerity only in my head and my heart.
it would have seemed artificial to look into the absence in order to find a freedom that could be found with sincerity only in my head and my heart.
it would have seemed artificial to look into the absence in order to find a freedom that could be found with sincerity only in my head and my heart.
They reinvented the couple. They would have relationships with other people
They reinvented the couple. They would have relationships with other people
the contingent loves but their couple would remain their necessary love.
the contingent loves but their couple would remain their necessary love.
She then had a few relationships, such as the ones with Olga, Bianca, and "le petit Bost".
She then had a few relationships, such as the ones with Olga, Bianca, and "le petit Bost".
1 September 1939
World War II
22 June 1940, France signed an armistice with Germany
France was occupied by the German army
Simone de Beauvoir's father died in 1941.
In spring 1941, she created with Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Jean Toussaint, and other intellectuals, the underground group "Socialisme et liberté".
In spring 1941, she created with Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Jean Toussaint, and other intellectuals, the underground group "Socialisme et liberté".

English: 
In spring 1941, she created with Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Jean Toussaint, and other intellectuals, the underground group "Socialisme et liberté".
During summer, Sartre and Beauvoir tried to get the support of Gide and Malraux but they failed.
During summer, Sartre and Beauvoir tried to get the support of Gide and Malraux but they failed.
The underground group disappeared.
Simone de Beauvoir was suspended from Education Nationale in June 1943, she found a job at Radio-Vichy.
Simone de Beauvoir was suspended from Education Nationale in June 1943, she found a job at Radio-Vichy.
In 1943, her first novel, She came to stay, was published.
The liberation
In 1945, Beauvoir and Sartre founded Les Temps Modernes - a political, literary and philosophical journal.
In 1945, Beauvoir and Sartre founded Les Temps Modernes - a political, literary and philosophical journal.
She traveled and met communist leaders and personalities.
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir published The Ethics of Ambiguity in 1947.
Simone de Beauvoir published The Ethics of Ambiguity in 1947.
She laid out an ethical system based on Being and nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre in which he proposed an atheistic existentialism.
She laid out an ethical system based on Being and nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre in which he proposed an atheistic existentialism.
She laid out an ethical system based on Being and nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre in which he proposed an atheistic existentialism.

French: 
le groupe clandestin "Socialisme et liberté".
Pendant l'été Sartre et Beauvoir ne parviennent pas
à obtenir le soutien de Gide et Malraux.
Le groupe disparaît.
Suspendue de l'Education Nationale en juin 1943,
Simone de Beauvoir trouve un emploi à la Radiodiffusion nationale.
En 1943, son premier roman, l'Invitée, est publié.
la Libération
En 1945, elle fonde avec Sartre Les Temps Modernes
une revue politique, littéraire et philosophique.
Elle voyage et rencontre des dirigeants et personnalités communistes.
Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté
Simone de Beauvoir, dans son essai Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté
publié en 1947,
propose un système éthique
basé sur l'Être et le néant de Jean-Paul Sartre,
ouvrage dans lequel il affirme un existentialisme athée.

English: 
There is a triple ambiguity at the core of human beings
A human being is immanent and transcendent
A human being is free and have to liberate
 him/herself
The individual is in conflict with the Other however he/she needs the other to accomplish him/herself
The individual is in conflict with the Other however he/she needs the other to accomplish him/herself
To want oneself free, is also to want everybody free
One is not born but rather become a woman
In 1949, Simone de Beauvoir was consecrated as the philosopher of feminism thanks to her book The Second Sex.
In 1949, Simone de Beauvoir was consecrated as the philosopher of feminism thanks to her book The Second Sex.
How come that this world always belonged to men
and that it is only now that things are beginning to change?
Lawmakers, priests, philosophers, writers, scholars
persisted to prove that the subordinate condition of women
was decided by the heavens and beneficial to the earth.
Beauvoir is the real instigator
of contemporary feminist philosophy

French: 
Il y a une triple ambiguïté au coeur de l'humain
L'humain est immanent et transcendant
L'humain est libre et doit se faire libre
L'individu est en conflit avec l'Autre
et a pourtant besoin de l'autre pour s'accomplir
Se vouloir libre, c'est aussi vouloir les autres libres.
On ne naît pas femme :  on le devient.
En 1949, Simone de Beauvoir devient la philosophe du féminisme
avec le Deuxième Sexe.
D'où vient que ce monde a toujours appartenu aux hommes
et que seulement aujourd'hui les choses commencent à changer?
(...) Législateurs, prêtres, philosophes, écrivains, savants
se sont acharnés à démontrer que la condition subordonnée de la femme
était voulu dans le ciel et profitable à la terre.
Beauvoir est la véritable instigatrice
de la philosophie féministe contemporaine

French: 
en ceci qu'elle développe une phénoménologie sexuée
concevant l'être humain comme un être ambigu.
La femme traditionnelle est une conscience mystifiée
et un instrument de mystification.
Le Deuxième Sexe peut être lu
comme un véritable éthique et politique
édifié sur la notion centrale d'ambiguïté.
L'être humain est fondamentalement ambigu
et il faut qu'il puisse vivre cette ambiguïté.
Tout système qui nie cela est aliénant pour l'être humain,
mâle ou femelle et doit être rejeté. (...)
Beauvoir nous permet de penser l'aliénation,
de réviser nos schèmes de pensée
et d'échapper aux catégories binaires.
Elle obtient le prix Goncourt pour les Mandarins en 1954.
Ce roman est largement inspiré de la vie de Simone de Beauvoir.
Il est dédié à Nelson Algren,
écrivain nord-américain communiste,

English: 
in that she develops a sexuated phenomenology
considering human beings as ambiguous beings.
The traditional woman is a mystified consciousness
and an instrument of mystification.
The Second Sex can be read as a real ethical and political programme built on the central notion of ambiguity.
The Second Sex can be read as a real ethical and political programme built on the central notion of ambiguity.
The Second Sex can be read as a real ethical and political programme built on the central notion of ambiguity.
Human beings are fundamentally ambiguous and they have to be able to live this ambiguity.
Human beings are fundamentally ambiguous and they have to be able to live this ambiguity.
All systems that are denying it are alienating male and female human beings, and they must be rejected (..)
All systems that are denying it are alienating male and female human beings, and they must be rejected (..)
Beauvoir allows us to think in terms of alienation, to revise our thinking patterns and to avoid binary categories.
Beauvoir allows us to think in terms of alienation, to revise our thinking patterns and to avoid binary categories.
Beauvoir allows us to think in terms of alienation, to revise our thinking patterns and to avoid binary categories.
She was awarded the Goncourt prize for her book, the Mandarins, in 1954. This novel is inspired by the life of Simone de Beauvoir.
She was awarded the Goncourt prize for her book, the Mandarins, in 1954. This novel is inspired by the life of Simone de Beauvoir.
It is dedicated to Nelson Algren, a North-American communist writer, with whom she was having a passionate relationship since 1947.
It is dedicated to Nelson Algren, a North-American communist writer, with whom she was having a passionate relationship since 1947.

English: 
It is dedicated to Nelson Algren, a North-American communist writer, with whom she was having a passionate relationship since 1947.
Nelson Algren couldn't accept any longer her relationship with Sartre.
Nelson Algren couldn't accept any longer her relationship with Sartre.
Her new companion, from 1952 to 1959, was Claude Lanzmann.
Her new companion, from 1952 to 1959, was Claude Lanzmann.
He was a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985) - a nine-and-a-half-hour oral history of the Holocaust.
He was a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985) - a nine-and-a-half-hour oral history of the Holocaust.
He was a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985) - a nine-and-a-half-hour oral history of the Holocaust.
He was a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985) - a nine-and-a-half-hour oral history of the Holocaust.
SImone de Beauvoir began to writer her autobiography in 1958 Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, and then The Prime of Life (1960), and Force of Circumstance (1963).
SImone de Beauvoir began to writer her autobiography in 1958 Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, and then The Prime of Life (1960), and Force of Circumstance (1963).
SImone de Beauvoir began to writer her autobiography in 1958 Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, and then The Prime of Life (1960), and Force of Circumstance (1963).
1954-1962 The Algerian War
During the Algerian War, Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi, and Elisabeth Badinter militated in favour of the recognition of the tortures that were inflicted to women during that war.
During the Algerian War, Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi, and Elisabeth Badinter militated in favour of the recognition of the tortures that were inflicted to women during that war.
During the Algerian War, Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi, and Elisabeth Badinter militated in favour of the recognition of the tortures that were inflicted to women during that war.
A Very Easy Death

French: 
avec qui elle vit une relation passionnée depuis 1947.
Nelson Algren ne peut continuer à accepter
l'amour nécessaire qui la lie à Sartre.
Son nouveau compagnon, de 1952 à 1959,
est Claude Lanzmann.
Journaliste, écrivain, cinéaste et producteur de cinéma,
il réalisera en 1985 le film Shoah -
un film documentaire de plus de dix heures
sur l'extermination des Juifs par les nazis durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Simone de Beauvoir commence en 1958
la rédaction de son autobiographie Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée,
puis la Force de l'âge et la Force des choses.
1954-1962 la Guerre d'Algérie
Pendant la Guerre d'Algérie, Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi et Elisabeth Badinter
militent pour obtenir la reconnaissance des tortures
infligées aux femmes durant ce conflit.
Une mort très douce

English: 
In 1964, she published A Very Easy Death, It is a deeply moving recounting of the death of her mother.
In 1964, she published A Very Easy Death, It is a deeply moving recounting of the death of her mother.
It is pointless to pretend integrate death into life and to behave in a rational way while facing something that is not rational: with those confusing feelings, everybody may cope as they can.
It is pointless to pretend integrate death into life and to behave in a rational way while facing something that is not rational: with those confusing feelings, everybody may cope as they can.
It is pointless to pretend integrate death into life and to behave in a rational way while facing something that is not rational: with those confusing feelings, everybody may cope as they can.
Sylvie Le Bon supported her in that difficult time of her life.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote that she was like her childhood friend Zaza. She adopted her, and Sylvie Le Bon became her heir.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote that she was like her childhood friend Zaza. She adopted her, and Sylvie Le Bon became her heir.
Choisir
Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi founded Choisir in 1971.
It was initially a movement fighting for the  decriminalization of abortion. Choisir has become an NGO defending women rights.
It was initially a movement fighting for the  decriminalization of abortion. Choisir has become an NGO defending women rights
Simone de Beauvoir wrote the Manifesto of the 343.
One million women in France have abortions every year.

French: 
En 1964 elle publie une mort très douce.
Elle y raconte la fin de vie de sa mère.
Inutile de prétendre intégrer la mort à la vie
et se conduire de manière rationnelle en face d'une chose qui ne l'est pas :
que chacun se débrouille à sa guise dans la confusion de ses sentiments.
Sylvie le Bon la soutient dans cette épreuve.
Simone de Beauvoir raconte qu'elle est pour elle comme son amie d'enfance Zaza.
Elle l'adopte et fait d'elle l'héritière de son oeuvre.
Choisir
En 1971, SImone de Beauvoir cofonde choisir avec Gisèle Halimi.
D'abord mouvement de lutte pour la dépénalisation de l'avortement,
Choisir est devenu une ONG qui défend les droits de femmes.
Simone de Beauvoir rédige le manifeste des 343.
Un million de femmes se font avorter chaque année en France.

French: 
Elles le font dans des conditions dangereuses
en raison de la clandestinité à laquelle elles sont condamnées,
alors que cette opération, pratiquée sous contrôle médical, est des plus simples.
On fait le silence sur ces millions de femmes.
Je déclare que je suis l'une d'elles.
Je déclare avoir avorté.
De même que nous réclamons le libre accès aux moyens anticonceptionnels,
nous réclamons l'avortement libre.
343 Françaises célèbres signent cette pétition.
Cette pétition s'ajoutent à d'autres événements
qui précèdent la dépénalisation de l'avortement en France.
La loi Veil est promulguée le 17 janvier 1975.
Après le décès de Jean-Paul Sartre, elle publie la Cérémonie des adieux en 1981.
Elle décède le 14 avril 1986.
En 2008 on crée le prix Simne de Beauvoir pour la liberté des femmes.
Merci d'avoir regardé cette vidéo :)

English: 
Condemned to secrecy they do so in dangerous conditions, while under medical supervision this is one of the simplest procedures.
Condemned to secrecy they do so in dangerous conditions, while under medical supervision this is one of the simplest procedures.
Condemned to secrecy they do so in dangerous conditions, while under medical supervision this is one of the simplest procedures.
We are silencing these millions of women.
I declare that I am one of them.
I declare that I have had an abortion.
Just as we demand free access to contraception,
we demand the freedom to have an abortion.
343 famous French woman signed this petition.
This petition and other events paved the way for the decriminalization of abortion in France.
This petition and other events paved the way for the decriminalization of abortion in France.
The Veil Law was adopted in 1975.
After the death of Jean-Paul Sartre, she published A Farewell to Sartre in 1981.
She died on 14 April 1986.
The Simone de Beauvoir prize, an international human rights prize for women's freedom was created in 2008.
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French: 
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English: 
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