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French writer

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 thi