Claudine Monteil has written several books on the life and work of Helene and Simone de Beauvoir as well as on feminism and women’s rights activism. Moreover, she has recently published a book on the life of Charles Chaplin. Most of her books have been translated into many languages.

• Complots mathématiques à Princeton (Mathematical plots in Princeton), editions Odile Jacob, thriller, Paris 2010

 

• Simone de Beauvoir, modernité et engagement, (Simone de Beauvoir, modernity and commitment), éditions L’Harmattan, Paris 2010

• Simone de Beauvoir, côté femme, cinquante histoires (Simone de Beauvoir: Her Life as a Woman. Fifty Stories. [Illustrated]). Paris: Editions Timée, 2006. 143 pages. ISBN-10: 29 155 86 42 X. Translations into Chinese ( Sea Sky Publishing House, June 2007); translations into Japanese, Korean and Greek under discussion.

 

• Les Sœurs Beauvoir (The Beauvoir Sisters). Paris: Editions 1, 2003. 302 pages. ISBN- 28 46 12 11 33. Translations: English (Seal Press, Avalon Group, 2004); Spanish (Las Ediciones Circe, 2004); Korean: Shilcheonmunhak, 2005); German (Nymphenburger-verlag, 2007); Chinese (Yilin Press, forthcoming in 2007).

 

• Les Amants des Temps Modernes, Oona et Charles Chaplin (Lovers of Modern Times: Oona and Charles Chaplin). Paris: Editions 1, 2002. 305 pages. (with the testimonies of the Chaplin’s children, including the actress Geraldine Chaplin).ISBN- 28 46 12 02 26. Translations: Portuguese (Editorial Inquerito, 2002); Greek (Kastoniatis, forthcoming in 2008)

 

• Les Amants de la Liberté, l’aventure de Jean-Paul Sartre et de Simone de Beauvoir dans le siècle (Lovers of Liberty: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, a Twentieth-Century Adventure). Paris: Editions 1, 1999. 321 pages. ISBN-10: 28 63 91 95 71.
  • Paperback edition: Paris: Flammarion, “J’ai Lu” collection (no. 6133), 1999. ISBN-13: 978 286 39 19 576. Translations: Portuguese (Editorial Inquerito, 2000); Greek (Kastoniatis, 2001); Chinese (Yilin Press 2001); Swedish (Nordstedts, 2002); Rumanian (Editura Vivaldi, 2004); Turkish (Can Yayinlari, 2005); Japanese (Fujiwara Shoten, 2006)

 

• Simone de Beauvoir, Le Mouvement des Femmes, Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rebelle (Simone de Beauvoir and the Feminist Movement: Memoir of a Rebellious Daughter). Outremont, Quebec: Editions Internationales Alain Stanké, 1995. 180 pages. ISBN- 27 60 40 50 28. French Edition: Paris: Editions du Rocher, 1996. Translations: Swedish (Bokförlaget Atlas, 1996); Japanese (Fujiwara-Shoten, 1999)

 

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