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Albert Camus
Exploring the absurd and human solidarity in The Stranger and The Plague.
The Stranger · The Myth of Sisyphus
- Born
- 7 November 1913
- Birthplace
- Mondovi, French Algeria (now Dréan)
- Died
- 4 January 1960
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Albert Camus
Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French writer and thinker who received the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Early life
Algerian childhood
Grew up in poverty after his father died in the First World War.
Education and illness
Studied philosophy while living with tuberculosis.
Career
- 1930s
Journalism and theatre
Worked in Algeria as a journalist and theatre organiser.
- 1940s
France and resistance
Wrote major works and worked with the resistance newspaper Combat.
- 1950s
Later books
Continued fiction and essays on rebellion and responsibility.
Selected writings
The Stranger
Followed an outsider whose actions lead to a murder trial.
The Myth of Sisyphus
Examined the conflict between the need for meaning and an indifferent world.
The Plague
Explored collective responsibility during an epidemic.
Beyond writing
Football
Played as a goalkeeper before illness curtailed his sporting life.
Political tensions
His positions on Algeria and revolutionary violence caused disputes with contemporaries.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: award and biography ↗Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ↗Photo: Photograph by United Press International. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
