Simon de Beauvoir came into this world in Paris January 9, 1908. She studied up to BA in the tr & e grave Catholic desired course. Associate in Philosophy in 1929, she taught in Marseille, Rouen and Paris until 1943. "When the prime spiritual" came to conclusion well before the war of 1939 but not published until 1979. It's "The Guest" (1943) that must be considered his real literary debut. Then came, "The Blood of Others" (1945), "All men are mortal" (1946), "The Mandarins" novel, that won him the Prix Goncourt in 1954. The next ...