Albert Camus (/kæˈmuË / kam-OO, US also /kəˈmuË / kÉ™-MOO, French:
[albÉ›Ê kamy] (listen); 7 November 1913 â€" 4 January 1960) was a
French philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in
Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in
history. His work includes The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of
Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.Camus was born in Algeria (a French
colony at the time) to French Pieds Noirs parents. His citizenship was
French. 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 the Soviet Union because
of its totalitarianism. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards
anarcho-syndicalism. He was part of many organisations seeking
European integration. During the Algerian War (1954 â€"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. He is also considered to be an
existentialist, even though he firmly rejected the term throughout his
lifetime.
[albÉ›Ê kamy] (listen); 7 November 1913 â€" 4 January 1960) was a
French philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in
Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in
history. His work includes The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of
Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.Camus was born in Algeria (a French
colony at the time) to French Pieds Noirs parents. His citizenship was
French. 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 the Soviet Union because
of its totalitarianism. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards
anarcho-syndicalism. He was part of many organisations seeking
European integration. During the Algerian War (1954 â€"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. He is also considered to be an
existentialist, even though he firmly rejected the term throughout his
lifetime.
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