"Interviews with Simone de Beauvoir" Author: [France] Simone de Beauvoir / [Germany] Alice Schwarzer Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

Introduction · · · · · ·
In 1970, Schwarzer met Beauvoir in Paris, where the feminist movement was on the rise. During their work, he came up with the idea of ​​interviewing her, and thus the first interview in this book was created: Why did Beauvoir declare herself a feminist for the first time 23 years after the publication of The Second Sex?

In the following 10 years, Schwarzer conducted many interviews with Beauvoir. The interviewer had no taboos and the interviewee was sincere. Beauvoir discussed topics such as gender power relations, sexual orientation, and women's status with her usual sharp words and radical attitude. She also sincerely revealed her personal privacy, talked about her feelings in her twilight years, and her open relationship with Sartre.

These interviews were later compiled into a book and translated into many languages. Pirated copies were circulated among countless women's groups, influencing the women's movement around the world.

Today, 40 years have passed since the last interview between the two. The works and life of this renowned writer and feminist still inspire and encourage the feminist movement. I hope that this book will be like what Beauvoir said: "It will make people understand me better, and I hope that everyone will understand the cause I am committed to."