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The standard biography of Camus in French is “Albert Camus: Une Vie” by Olivier Todd, translated, unfortunately in an abridged form, into..
Albert Camus
French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
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Albert Camus ([2]ka-MOO; French:[albɛʁkamy]ⓘ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist,[3] and political activist.
Sisyphus' outlook is not bleak, but emancipating and happy, he is doing what he does knowing the absurdity of it all, rejecting suicide, and reveling in all.
He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.
Camus was born in French Algeria to pied-noir parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers.
Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic by Alice Kaplan.He was in Paris when the Germans invaded France during World War II in 1940. Camus tried to flee but finally joined the French Resistance where he served as editor-in-chief at Combat, an outlawed newspaper. After the war, he was a celebrity figure and gave many