A: Simone DeBeauvoir
Item
Title
A: Simone DeBeauvoir
Subject
Lesbian radio
Feminism and literature
Coming of age
Women authors
Art
Autobiography
Catholic school
Literature
Parents
Philosophy
Description
Recorded in Paris with Studs Terkel, Simone de Beauvoir describes her philosophies of life and writing her memoirs, discussing: her childhood upbringing in Catholic school, dynamics with her parents, artistic influences in her life, the experience of being a woman writer, and wartime.
Publisher
WFMT radio
Date
1960-05-04
Rights
This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Studs Terkel Radio Archive and the Chicago History Museum. See also LHA Copyright Statement.
Rights Holder
Studs Terkel Radio Archive and the Chicago History Museum
Interviewee
Simone de Beauvoir
Host
Studs Terkel
Physical Format
Audio cassette
Duration
0:31:03
Collection
Citation
“A: Simone DeBeauvoir,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed May 19, 2026, https://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/1402.