Simone Weil (French pronunciation: [simɔn vɛj]; 3 February 1909 in Paris, France – 24 August 1943 in Ashford, Kent, England), who occasionally used the anagrammatic pen name Emile Novis, was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.
Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew...
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- Feb 3, 1909
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Date of death:
- Aug 24, 1943
