Natalie Sorokin (also Sorokine; 1921–1967) was a
French
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woman who had relations with
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 ...
and
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 ...
.
[ Rogers, N., & Thompson, M. (2004). '' Philosophers Behaving Badly''. London: ]Peter Owen
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Selected filmography
* ''The Dark Cry ...
Beauvoir was suspended from her teaching job after seducing her 17-year-old
lycée
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pupil in 1939. Sorokin, along with
Bianca Lamblin
Bianca Lamblin (born Bienenfeld; 1921 – 5 November 2011) was a French writer who had affairs with philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir for a number of years. In her book ''Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée'' (published in ...
and
Olga Kosakiewicz
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, later stated that their relationships with Sartre and de Beauvoir damaged them psychologically.
Existential life with Simone de Beauvoir
In June 1943 Sorokin's mother complained to the school authorities that Beauvoir had led her daughter astray. Beauvoir was accused of behavior leading to the corruption of a minor and her teaching license was suspended for the rest of her life.
[Appignanesi, L. (1988). Simone de Beauvoir. London: Penguin Books.] Sorokin later said her relationship with Beauvoir and Sartre came to an end when she found this relationship serving only one party.
Later life
After recovering from her trauma, Sorokin started writing and worked for radio.
She later married
Ivan Moffat
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, a friend of
Beauvoir and
Sartre's and son of the British actress and poet Iris Tree and artist and photographer Curtis Moffat.
Their marriage was brief and produced one daughter.
See also
*
Olga Kosakiewicz
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*
Bianca Lamblin
Bianca Lamblin (born Bienenfeld; 1921 – 5 November 2011) was a French writer who had affairs with philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir for a number of years. In her book ''Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée'' (published in ...
References
1926 births
1967 deaths
French emigrants to the United States
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