Bianca Lamblin Explained
Bianca Lamblin (born Bienenfeld; 29 April 1921[1] – 5 November 2011[2] [3]) was a French writer who had affairs with philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir[4] for a number of years.[5] [6] [7] [8] In her book Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée (published in English as A Disgraceful Affair), she wrote that, while a student at Lycée Molière, she was sexually exploited by her teacher Beauvoir, who was in her 30s.[9] [10] [5] [7] In correspondence between Sartre and Beauvoir, the pseudonym Louise Védrine was used when referring to Bianca in Lettres au Castor and Lettres à Sartre.[5] [7]
Biography
Bianca Lamblin was born in 1921 in Lublin, to Jewish parents. She was a cousin of the French writer Georges Perec.[3] In 1937, her teacher was Simone de Beauvoir. She also met Sartre at this time. In Paris, Bianca was friends with Jean Kanapa, Yvonne Picard, Raoul Lévy and Bernard Lamblin. She married Bernard Lamblin and they had two children.[5] Bianca became a teacher, and after Simone de Beauvoir's death, Bianca wrote Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée.[5]
Bibliography
- Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée (1994, LGF – Livre de Poche; /2006, Balland;)
See also
Sources
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1983). Lettres au Castor et à quelques autres, tome 1 : 1926–1939. Paris: Gallimard.
- Simone de Beauvoir (1990). Lettres à Sartre, tome 1 : 1930–1939. Paris: Gallimard.
- Deirdre Blair (1991). Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography. New York: Touchstone.
Notes and References
- Kate Kirkpatrick, Becoming Beauvoir: A Life, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 170.
- Le Monde, 6 November 2011
- News: Bulletin n° 59: Éditorial. 10 December 2011. Association George Perec. French. 12 January 2013.
- Contat, M. (2005). Sartre and his other women . Journal of Romance Studies. Volume 6 Numbers 1 & 2 2006 . page 119
- News: The Odd Couple. Riding. Alan. April 14, 1996. The New York Times. 12 January 2013.
- Gorog. Françoise. 2011. Simone de Beauvoir et les impasses de la vie amoureuse. Revista Borromeo. Instituto de Investigaciones en Psicoanálisis Aplicadas a las Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy. 2. French. 12 January 2013.
- Web site: Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée, essai autobiographique de Bianca Lamblin. Labosse. Lionel. 25 October 2011. Altersexualité.com. French. 12 January 2013.
- News: Klassisches Dreieck. 9 August 1993. Der Spiegel. German. 12 January 2013.
- Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée (1994, LGF – Livre de Poche; /2006, Balland;)
- Rodgers, N., & Thompson, M. (2005). Philosophers behaving badly. London: Peter Owen.