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Albert Camus

French philosopher

Died when: 46 years 58 days (553 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Albert Camus

Albert Camus (/kæˈmuː/ kam-OO, US also /kəˈmuː/ kə-MOO;French: [albɛʁ kamy]; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist.

He was awarded 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 Pieds Noirs 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 for a multicultural and pluralistic Algeria, a position that caused controversy and 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.


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