Diary of a Philosophy Student

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–86) was a French existentialist philosopher. Her works include Ethics of Ambiguity (1947) and The Second Sex (1949). Barbara Klaw is a professor emerita of French at Northern Kentucky University. She is the translator of Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 2, 1928–29, and author of Le Paris de Beauvoir. Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, adopted daughter and literary executor of Simone de Beauvoir, is the editor of Lettres À Sartre and other works by Beauvoir. Margaret A. Simons is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Beauvoir and The Second Sex: Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism. Marybeth Timmermann is a contributing translator and editor of Philosophical Writings and other works by Beauvoir. Klaw, Le Bon de Beauvoir, and Simons coedited Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926–27 and Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 2, 1928–29.

• Foreword to the Beauvoir Series Sylvie Le Bon de BeauvoirPreface Margaret A. SimonsAcknowledgments Reading Beauvoir’s 1926–30 Student Diary as Adventures in Literary Creation Barbara KlawBeauvoir and #MeToo Margaret A. SimonsThird Notebook: December 7, 1926–April 15, 1927 Simone de BeauvoirFifth Notebook: October 31, 1927–August 30, 1928 Simone de BeauvoirSeventh Notebook: September 15, 1929–October 31, 1930 Simone de BeauvoirBibliography Index

Praise for past volumes of the Diary “This indispensable volume offers a panorama of Beauvoir's intellectual preoccupations. The translators and editors are to be applauded for producing such a valuable contribution to Beauvoir studies.”--French Studies“This diary increases our admiration for Beauvoir's heroic determination to make something of herself. A precious document.”--Bookforum“This is a truly remarkable book, and a significant contribution to Beauvoir scholarship. Barbara Klaw’s excellent translation provides unique access to the formative years of one of the twentieth century's great philosophers, authors, and public intellectuals.”--Tove Pettersen, President of the International Simone de Beauvoir Society