Albert Camus
7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist associated with absurdism and existentialist thought. His major works include the novels The Stranger and The Plague and the philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and died in a car accident three years later.
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Life events
Camus was born in Mondovi (now Dréan) in French Algeria to a working-class family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCamus studied philosophy in Algiers, where his studies were interrupted by tuberculosis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgL'Étranger, his landmark absurdist novel, was published in occupied France.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis philosophical essay articulating the concept of the absurd was published.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCamus became editor of the underground French Resistance paper Combat during the German occupation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLa Peste, an allegorical novel about an epidemic in Oran, brought him wide recognition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCamus received the Nobel Prize, becoming one of the youngest laureates in the category.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCamus was killed in a car crash at the age of 46.
Source: en.wikipedia.org