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Albert Camus

7 November 1913 - 4 January 1960

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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  • Cover of: The Stranger

    First published in 1942 332 editions in 15 languages — 42 previewable Cover of edition letrangerdecamus0000albe Cover of edition lostraniero0000camu Cover of edition elextranjero00camu Cover of edition derfremde0000camu Cover of edition ihjin0000camu Cover of edition isbn_9788373893474 Cover of edition letrangerdecamus0000anse Cover of edition letrangerroman0000albe Cover of edition letranger0000albe_y5x5
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  • Cover of: The Plague

    First published in 1942 236 editions in 13 languages — 26 previewable Cover of edition plague0000albe_q2p7 Cover of edition lapeste00camu Cover of edition diepestroman00camu Cover of edition shui0000camu Cover of edition lapestecamu00camu Cover of edition lapeste0000camu Cover of edition lapeste0000unse Cover of edition plague0000albe Cover of edition plague0000albe_r9c5
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  • Cover of: The Fall

    First published in 1917 129 editions in 10 languages — 32 previewable Cover of edition bwb_O6-EPU-381 Cover of edition lachuterecit0000acam Cover of edition bwb_KS-440-114 Cover of edition lachute0000unse_l6q8 Cover of edition lachute0000unse Cover of edition lachute0000unse_k4x2 Cover of edition lachuterecit0005camu Cover of edition lacamuschute0000unse Cover of edition lachute00camu
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  • Cover of: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

    First published in 1955 29 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition mythofsisyphusot00camu Cover of edition mythofsisyphusot0000albe Cover of edition mythofsisyphus0000unse Cover of edition bwb_O8-CVL-542 Cover of edition mythofsisyphusot0000albe_s5q3 Cover of edition mythofsisyphusot00camu_1 Cover of edition mythofsisyphusot0000camu_j4j5
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  • Cover of: Le mythe de Sisyphe: essai sur l'absurde.

    First published in 1941 55 editions in 8 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition lemythedesisyphe00camu Cover of edition lemythedesisyphe0000camu_q4b2 Cover of edition elmitodesisifo0000camu Cover of edition shishuposunoshin0000unse Cover of edition bwb_O8-BOO-554 Cover of edition lemythedesisyphe0000camu
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  • Cover of: The rebel

    First published in 1951 79 editions in 9 languages — 17 previewable Cover of edition lhommerevolte0000unse Cover of edition rebelessayonmani00camu Cover of edition buntuiushchichel0000albe Cover of edition lhommerevolte0000camu Cover of edition rebeltheessayonm0000albe Cover of edition rebelessayonmani0000albe_n0l3 Cover of edition rebel0000albe Cover of edition rebelessayonmani0000albe_c3y9 Cover of edition rebelessayonmani0000camu
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  • Cover of: Perrine's literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense

    First published in 2001 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition perrinesliteratu0000unse_z3q2
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  • Cover of: A happy death.

    First published in 1971 30 editions in 5 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition cahiersalbertcam0000albe Cover of edition derglucklichetod0000camu Cover of edition happydeath00camu Cover of edition happydeath00albe Cover of edition happydeath00camu_0 Cover of edition derglcklichetod00camu
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  • Cover of: Perrine's literature: structure, sound, and sense

    First published in 2015 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition perrinesliteratu0000john
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  • Cover of: Caligula

    First published in 1961 23 editions in 9 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caliguladramaint0000camu Cover of edition caligula00albe_393
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  • Cover of: Exile and the kingdom

    First published in 1951 68 editions in 5 languages — 20 previewable Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000camu_x5i1 Cover of edition bwb_KR-530-26J Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000albe Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000camu Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000albe_p0j9 Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000camu_z3z2 Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume0000unse_x9w5 Cover of edition lexiletleroyaume00camu Cover of edition exilekingdomvint0000albe
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  • Cover of: Essais.

    First published in 1965 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le premier homme

    First published in 1994 40 editions in 8 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition lepremierhomme0000camu Cover of edition lepremierhomme0000camu_x3o1 Cover of edition oprimeirohomem0000camu Cover of edition ilprimouomo00camu Cover of edition lepremierhomme0000camu_u0j0 Cover of edition isbn_9788328021112 Cover of edition firstman0000camu_i9f7 Cover of edition firstman0000camu Cover of edition firstman00camu
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  • Cover of: Lyrical and critical

    First published in 1967 11 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition lyricalcritical0000albe Cover of edition lyricalcriticale0000albe Cover of edition lyricalcriticale0000albe_v8y3 Cover of edition lyricalcriticale00camu Cover of edition lyricalcriticale0000albe_w1z0
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  • Cover of: Great Short stories of the World

    First published in 1972 9 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000vari Cover of edition greatshortstorie00mont Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_s4d3 Cover of edition greatshortstorieplea Cover of edition greatshortstorie00plea Cover of edition greatshortstorie00read Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_k7k3
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  • Cover of: Caligula: & three other plays

    First published in 1958 46 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition caligulathreeoth00cam_k11 Cover of edition caligulathreeoth0000camu_v2j2 Cover of edition caligulathreeoth00camu Cover of edition caligulathreeoth0000camu
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: World Masterpieces

    First published in 1991 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition literature00pren Cover of edition literatureworldm00
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  • Cover of: Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing

    First published in 2006 12 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780205686117 Cover of edition literatureintrod0000kenn Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_k5i0
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  • Cover of: Mito de Sísifo, O

    First published in 2004 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Literature, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, History, self-fulfilment, Collections, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translations into English, French literature, American Civil War, Classic Literature, Confederate States of America, Juvenile audience, Union, civil war, hanging, Romance literature, French Authors, Short stories, Imagination, Juvenile fiction, Camus, albert, 1913-1960
Places
Mallard residence, Alabama, France, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Algeria, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Louisiana, L’Abri, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Paris, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Araby, Araby bazaar, Ireland, North Richmond Street, Oran (Algeria), America, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Europe, Galway, Hungary
People
Albert Camus (1913-1960), Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Peyton Farquhar, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, General Zaroff, Ivan, La Blanche, Sandrine, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Whitney, Madame Valmont, Caligula Emperor of Rome (12-41), Jean-Baptiste Clamence, Mangan's sister, Bartell D'Arcy, Bartleby, Cicero, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Freddy Malins
Time
20th century, 19th century, Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1861-1865, Siglo XX, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1945-, 1830-1962, 1940s, Civil War, German occupation, 1940-1945, Revolution, 1954-1962, 1600s, 1945-1958, 1955-1965, Carnival, Revolution, 1956, Roman era, siglo XX

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