Albert Camus

The philosopher-novelist of the absurd: revolt, clarity, and the sunlit indifference of the world.

Specifications & Metrics

era

1913 – 1960

language

French

region

Algiers and Paris

notable works

The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague, The Rebel

Core Principles & Analysis

• Born to a poor settler family in Algiers, he played goal in youth football.
• He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 at forty-four.
• He died in 1960 in a car crash with an unused train ticket in his pocket.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Albert Camus