青春手记

by Simone de Beauvoir, 西蒙娜·德·波伏瓦, 沈珂 (Translator)

“尽管她青春年少，但是其实当她把青春流诸笔端的时候，她已经成了未来将要变成的样子。”

《青春手记》是法国当代思想家、文学家西蒙娜·德·波伏瓦1926年至1930年间的私人记录，包括日记、笔记、摘抄、信件底稿、生活和学习计划等，共分7卷，其中第1卷遗失，现存2-7卷。

18岁到22岁正是人生观、价值观成型的重要时期，《青春手记》忠实记录了她的迷茫和思考、希冀和悲伤、友谊和爱情，展现了一个生于20世纪初年的少女如何通过不断地质疑、剖析和自省，从懵懂惶惑一步步走向成熟，成为一个自由、独立、清醒的女性。

她阅读，她感受，她写作，她评判，评判他人，也评判自己，她有规律地列出详细的生活和学习计划，她反复重读自己的手记……当我们翻到最后几页时，一个全新的她出现了：“我坚信这样的丰富会被接受，这些话将会被言说、被听见，这样的生活将成为许多生命汲取能量的源泉。我坚信这就是我的使命。”

波伏瓦的养女西尔维·勒邦·德·波伏瓦撰写长序，并附上近30张珍贵照片和档案影印件，涉及《青春手记》中提到的重要人物、事件和往来信件，大多为首次发表，序言与照片均收入第0卷中。

1125 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2008

About the author

Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, essayist, memoirist, and feminist whose writings profoundly shaped twentieth-century philosophy, literature, and modern feminist thought. Born in Paris into a bourgeois Catholic family, she displayed exceptional intellectual ability from an early age. After studying philosophy at the Sorbonne, she passed the prestigious agrégation examination in 1929, becoming one of its youngest successful candidates. During her studies she met Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom she formed a lifelong intellectual and personal partnership that became central to the development of French existentialism. Although Beauvoir often rejected the title of philosopher during her lifetime, her work established her as one of the discipline's most influential modern thinkers. She explored themes of freedom, responsibility, ethics, oppression, and human existence through both philosophical and literary writing. Her groundbreaking book The Second Sex (1949) transformed feminist theory by arguing that femininity is shaped primarily by social and historical conditions rather than biology, introducing the celebrated idea that "one is not born, but rather becomes, woman." The work challenged traditional assumptions about gender and became one of the foundational texts of contemporary feminism. Beauvoir also authored influential philosophical studies, including The Ethics of Ambiguity, alongside acclaimed novels such as She Came to Stay, The Blood of Others, The Mandarins, which received the Prix Goncourt in 1954, and The Woman Destroyed. Her four-volume autobiography, beginning with Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, remains an important account of twentieth-century intellectual and cultural life. Throughout her career she served as co-founder and editor of the influential journal Les Temps Modernes, contributing essays on politics, literature, philosophy, and contemporary social issues. Beyond her writing, Beauvoir was deeply engaged in public life. She campaigned for women's rights, reproductive freedom, and social equality, signing the Manifesto of the 343 that called for the legalization of abortion in France. She also opposed colonialism, criticized social injustice, and supported progressive political causes throughout her life. Her travels inspired widely read travel books and essays examining cultures in the United States and China. Beauvoir's legacy extends far beyond feminism, influencing existential philosophy, literary criticism, political theory, ethics, sociology, and gender studies. Despite continuing debate over aspects of her personal life and controversial relationships, her intellectual contributions remain central to modern scholarship. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and continue to be studied worldwide for their philosophical depth and literary achievement. Honored with distinctions including the Prix Goncourt, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Simone de Beauvoir is widely regarded as one of the defining intellectual figures of the twentieth century, whose writings permanently transformed discussions of gender, freedom, morality, and the human condition while continuing to inspire scholars, writers, and activists across generations.