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

Born 7 November 1913
Died 4 January 1960

Subjects

Fiction, Literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translations into English, Collections, French literature, Short stories, short story, Islands, Juvenile fiction, freedom, meaning of love, self-fulfilment, selfhood, Big game sport, Camus, albert, 1913-1960, Cossacks, French fiction, Human hunting, Hunting, Hunting stories, Juvenile works, Novela francesa, Philosophy, Romance literature

Places

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

People

Albert Camus (1913-1960), Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, General Zaroff, Ivan, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Whitney, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, Jean-Baptiste Clamence, La Blanche, Sandrine, Madame Valmont, Peyton Farquhar, Caligula Emperor of Rome (12-41), Mangan's sister, Abner Snopes, Alfred A. Knopf, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Arthur Conan Doyle

Time

20th century, 19th century, Antebellum era, Siglo XX, 1861-65, 1945-, 1830-1962, 1861-1865, 1940s, Revolution, 1954-1962, Roman era, siglo XX

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  • Camus Albert
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  • B. F. / Camus, Albert Bart
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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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