BEAUVOIR (de), Simone (1908-1986)

BEAUVOIR (de), Simone (1908-1986)

Autograph note signed « S. de Beauvoir » to Berthe Mandinaud
[Paris, 16 July 1956], 1/4 p. in-4°
With autograph envelope

The philosopher’s thanks to her typist

« Avec mes remerciements
S. de Beauvoir »

Berthe Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir’s official typist, who took charge of the complete transcription of her entire work for her. This short letter (originally accompanied by a check) may have come in thanks for the typing done for La Longue marche: essai sur la Chine, an essay published by Gallimard following her trip to China that she made the previous year with Jean-Paul Sartre.