Albert Camus

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Abert Camus
Abert Camus

Albert Camus (November 7, 1913January 4, 1960) was a French philosopher and writer. Camus wrote novels and plays. Camus was born in Algeria, a country in the North part of Africa. He had French parents. Many people think that Camus is an existentialist philosopher. Existentialism is a philosophy that is very different than other ways of thinking. Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.

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[edit] His life

[edit] Early years

Albert Camus was born in Algeria. His family was poor. He want to the University of Algiers, where he graduated with a degree in 1935. In the 1930s, Camus became interested in politics. In 1935, Camus joined the French Communist Party, a political group. In the late 1930s, Camus was a writer for the socialist newspaper, the Alger-Republicain.

[edit] 1940s

In 1941, Camus wrote his first novel, which was called The Outsider. During World War II, Camus joined the French Resistance to fight against the Nazi army. After World War II, Camus became friends with another writer called Jean-Paul Sartre. Camus and Sartre often talked about philosophy and politics in small restaurants called cafés.

[edit] 1950s

Camus wrote books about philosophy (ways of thinking) which said that life was "absurd" (makes no sense, or has no meaning). In the 1950s Camus tried to improve human rights. In 1960, Camus died in a car crash. He had two children, Catherine and Jean.

[edit] Some of his novels (stories)

  • The Outsider (sometimes called The Stranger) (1942)
  • The Plague (1947)
  • The Fall (1956)

[edit] Some of his books about philosophy

  • Betwixt and Between (1937)
  • The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
  • The Rebel (1951)

[edit] Plays

  • Caligula (1938)
  • The Misunderstanding (1944)
  • State of Siege (1948)
  • The Just Assassins (1949)
  • The Possessed (1959)

[edit] See also

[edit] Books about Camus

  • Camus (1959) by the writer Germaine Brée
  • Albert Camus, A Study of His Work (1957) by the writer Usamah Siddiqui

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