Biography: Simone de Beauvoir

1908:	Born January 9 in Paris.
1913:	Began school at Cours Desir.
1925:	Studied literature at Garric Institute Sainte Nary Neully and math at Catholic Institute in Paris.
1917:	Met Elizabeth (Zaza) Mabille, in October.
1929:	Graduated from Sorbonne where she met Jean-Paul Sartre.
1931-1943:	Taught high school.
1943:	She Came to Stay (trans. 1949).
1944:	The Blood of Others (trans. 1948).
1948:	The Ethics of Ambiguity.
1949:	The Second Sex (trans. 1953).
1954:	The Mandarins (trans. 1956).
1958:	Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (trans. 1959).
1960:	The Prime of Life, an autobiography.
1963:	The Force of Circumstance, autobiography.
1970:	The Coming of Age (trans. 1973).
1972:	All Said & Done (trans. 1974).
1981:	Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre (trans. 1984).
1980:	Life-long companion Jean-Paul Sartre dies.
1986:	Died.

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