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Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French Algerian author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was a key philosopher of the 20th-century and his most famous work is the novel L'Étranger (The Stranger).

In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was a group opposed to some tendencies of the surrealistic movement of André Breton. Camus was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature - after Rudyard Kipling - when he became the first African-born writer to receive the award. He is the shortest-lived of any literature laureate to date, having died in an automobile accident just over two years after receiving the award.

He is often cited as a proponent of existentialism, the philosophy that he was associated with during his own lifetime, but Camus himself rejected this particular label. In an interview in 1945, Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked…"

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French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

Born 7 November 1913
Died 4 January 1960

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  • Cover of: The Stranger
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  • Cover of: La Peste
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  • Cover of: The Fall
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  • Cover of: The rebel
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  • Cover of: Exile and the kingdom
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  • Cover of: El mito de Sísifo
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  • Cover of: Caligula and Cross purpose: (Le malentendu)
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  • Cover of: Caligula: & three other plays
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  • Cover of: Le premier homme
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  • Cover of: Les justes
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  • Cover of: The possessed: a play in three parts.
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  • Cover of: A Happy Death
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  • Cover of: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
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  • Cover of: Stranger

    First published in 2016 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: Carnets
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  • Cover of: Notebooks, 1935-1951

    First published in 1960 — 24 editions
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  • Cover of: Notebooks, 1935-1942
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  • Cover of: Caligula: a drama in two acts.
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  • Cover of: Noces: suivi de l'Été
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    First published in 1959 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Resistance, rebellion, and death
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French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

Born 7 November 1913
Died 4 January 1960

Subjects

Fiction, Literature, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, History, Collections, self-fulfilment, Translations into English, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), French literature, American Civil War, Classic Literature, Confederate States of America, Juvenile audience, Union, civil war, hanging, French Authors, Romance literature, Drama, Imagination, Short stories, Juvenile fiction

Places

Mallard residence, France, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Algeria, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Louisiana, L’Abri, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Amsterdam, Paris, The Netherlands, Araby, Araby bazaar, Ireland, Israel, North Richmond Street, Oran (Algeria), America, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Europe, Galway

People

Albert Camus (1913-1960), Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Peyton Farquhar, Caligula Emperor of Rome (12-41), Armand Aubigny, Désirée, General Zaroff, Ivan, La Blanche, Sandrine, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Whitney, Madame Valmont, Jean-Baptiste Clamence, Mangan's sister, Bartell D'Arcy, Bartleby, Cicero, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Time

20th century, 19th century, Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1945-, Siglo XX, Civil War, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1830-1962, 1940s, German occupation, 1940-1945, Revolution, 1954-1962, 1600s, 1945-1958, 1955-1965, Carnival, Revolution, 1956, Roman era, siglo XX

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  • Camus Albert
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  • B. F. / Camus, Albert Bart
  • Albert Cdfmx 5052 Camus
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  • A Camus
  • CAMUS Albert
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  • CAMUS. Albert
  • M. Albert Camus
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  • Albert (1913-1960) Camus
  • Albert 1913-1960 Camus
  • Albert 1913-1960 Exil Et Le Camus
  • CAMUS
  • Camus
  • CAMUS A.

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