Wednesday 3rd of February 1909
Philosopher, mystic and political activist Simone Adolphine Weil is born in 19 Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris, Xe, Île-de-France, France.
She has been living in France since 1934. Her father, a French soldier, was sent from the Third Army to join the French army in 1918. In 1941 she enlisted, became an infantryman at the age of 20 and took up martial arts in 1949. Simone studied philosophy and sociology, mathematics and biology. She wrote about her childhood and career with an emphasis on the nature of the human mind, the nature of our being, our nature and life, and on a wide scale. Simone gained political and religious prominence during the Second World War, was also a member of the Communist Party and was arrested for espionage during the French campaign to overthrow the dictator Francisco Franco. An artist after graduation Simone became an art critic. Since 1945 she has been working on artwork for a number of artists. In the 80s Simone became a self-proclaimed socialist and an artist known as a socialist activist, a revolutionary leftist. Her work has reached an important mass audience with works by Michelangelo and the Spanish Revolution. Simone was featured in the December 15th edition of the National Poetry Book of France because of the volume's title: In Paris... I hope that at your birthday celebration you will read to you a poem and write a few.
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