Sade, Simone and Sartre: an existencialist “ménage à trois”

Abstract

In their personal, public and literary luggage, Sade, Simone e Sartre carries the experiences of remarkable historical processes: the French Revolution (1789) and the Second World War (1939-1945). Simone, a pioneer of Feminism with her literary work in general and also her way of life,
challenged the conventions in force at her time. Her books and essays present substantial issues ”“ and irrefutable arguments ”“ that allow us
to question about the existing links between violence, libertarian movements and literary production on the most polemic themes of all times:
liberty as the core of existential wondering; and feminism, sexuality and politics as revolution. In this paper/article we present Simone de Beauvoir, in the post-war vanguard, as a mediator of these concepts until contemporariness.