Simone Weil
Deceased Q157309

Simone Weil

French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

Born: February 3, 1909 (1909) · Paris
Died: August 24, 1943 (1943) · Ashford
Age at death: 34 years
Cause of death: tuberculosis
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality France
Occupation writer, trade unionist, autobiographer, philosopher, poet, translator, diarist, French resistance fighter, secondary school teacher
Field of work poetry, political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, cosmogony
Education Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, Lycée Fénelon, Paris
Gender female

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