Claudine Monteil (born 1949) is a French writer,

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specialist, historian, and a former French diplomat.

Biography

Monteil's mother, Josiane Serre, was a chemist who became the director of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Jeunes Filles.Penelopes.org
Her father is

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award ho ...

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winning mathematician

Jean-Pierre Serre Jean-Pierre Serre (; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the ina ...

. Monteil holds a Ph.D. on the study of

Simone de Beauvoir Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (, ; ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, and even th ...

's writings and life. Monteil is one of the founders of the French

women's rights movement Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

in 1970 and one of the signatories of the

Manifesto of the 343 The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a French petition signed by 343 women "who had the courage to say, 'I've had an abortion. It was an act of civil disobedience, since abortion was illegal in France, and by admitting publicly to having aborted, they ...

, She authored several works on Simone de Beauvoir. While working on women's rights, she was a long close friend of Beauvoir,

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

, and Beauvoir's sister, the

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Hélène de Beauvoir Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910 – 1 July 2001) was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US. She married Lionel de Roulet. When Hélène de B ...

. Her writings on the Beauvoirs, Sartre, and

French feminism Feminism in France is the history of feminist thought and movements in France. Feminism in France can be roughly divided into three waves: First-wave feminism from the French Revolution through the Third Republic which was concerned chiefly wit ...

have been translated into multiple languages.Simone de Beauvoir and the women's movement in France: An eye-witness account
, by Claudine Monteil Claudine Monteil has been a retired French diplomat since the end of 2014. She has been working at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on different issues, including the relations between France and institutions of the United Nations as, among others, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNESCO. In 2016, she published the first biography on Eve Curie, youngest daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, who was a hero of World War II.

Bibliography

* ''Simone de Beauvoir, modernité et engagement'' éditions L'Harmattan, "Simone de Beauvoir, modern and committed" *''Simone de Beauvoir, côté femme, Timée-éditions'' ( en, Simone de Beauvoir, her story as a woman) - translated into

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*''Les Sœurs Beauvoir'' (English: The Beauvoir Sisters) - translated in English,

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, Chinese and Italian. *''Les Amants de la liberté, Sartre et Beauvoir dans le siècle'' (English: ''The Lovers of Freedom, Sartre and Beauvoir in the Century'') - translated into

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*''Simone de Beauvoir le mouvement des femmes, mémoires d'une jeune fille rebelle'' (English: ''Simone de Beauvoir the women's movement, memories of a girl rebel'') - translated into Japanese and Swedish. *''Les Amants des Temps Modernes, Oona et Charles Chaplin'' (English: ''Lovers of Modern Times: Oona and Charles Chaplin'') - translated into Greek and Portuguese. *''Simone de Beauvoir, modernité et engagement'' ("Simone de Beauvoir, modernity and commitment") éditions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2009. *''Complots mathématiques à Princeton'' ("Mathematical plots in Princeton") Odile Jacob publishing house,(thriller), Paris,2010. * ''Simone de Beauvoir et les femmes aujourd'hui'' (by-line, "Simone de Beauvoir and women today") Editions Odile Jacob, Paris 2011 * ''Eve Curie, l'autre fille de Pierre et Marie Curie'' (by-line "Eve Curie, the other daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie"), Editions Odile Jacob, 2016

References

External links

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French feminists French women writers 1949 births Living people {{Feminism-stub Simone de Beauvoir Signatories of the 1971 Manifesto of the 343