Albert Camus
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Albert Camus ( ka-MOO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. 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. 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 lectures around the world. He married twice but had many extramarital affairs. Camus was politically active; he was part of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union because of their totalitarianism. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards anarcho-syndicalism. He was part of many organisations seeking European integration. During the Algerian War (1954–1962), he kept a neutral stance, advocating a multicultural and pluralistic Algeria, a position that was rejected by most parties. Philosophically, Camus's views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. Some consider Camus's work to show him to be an existentialist, even though he himself firmly rejected the term throughout his lifetime. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Authors influenced by Albert Camus 29
- Charles Bukowski
- Walker Percy
- Roland Barthes
- Philip Roth
- William Styron
- Jonathan Franzen
- Jason Starr
- Michael Walzer
- Barry Hannah
- Fuminori Nakamura
- Robert C. Solomon
- Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher
- Txillardegi
- Pascal Bruckner
- Clive James
- Eleanor Catton
- Mohsin Hamid
- Matthieu Pigasse
- Alan N. Shapiro
- Ali Liebegott
- Antanas Škėma
- Dominik Smole
- María Teresa Cervantes
- Nestan Kvinikadze
- Dimitri Uchaneishvili
- Yung Rajola
- Sorin Cerin
- Mathias Madej
- Christopher Hitchens
Works about Albert Camus 11
- Albert Camus, Solitaire et Solidaire
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- The Last Days of the Life of Albert Camus
- The Thought and Art of Albert Camus
- Albert Camus. A Life
- Albert Camus, María Casares. Correspondence (1944-1959)
- Ursprung der Revolte: Albert Camus und der Anarchismus
- Albert Camus: Eine Einführung in Leben und Werk
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