Albert Camus - Wikipedia
WEBAlbert Camus ( / kæmˈuː / [2] kam-OO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ⓘ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, [3] 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.
Albert Camus | Biography, Books, Philosophy, Death, & Facts
WEBAlbert Camus (born November 7, 1913, Mondovi, Algeria—died January 4, 1960, near Sens, France) was a French novelist, essayist, and playwright, best known for such novels as L’Étranger (1942; The Stranger ), La Peste (1947; The Plague ), and La Chute (1956; The Fall) and for his work in leftist causes. He received the 1957 Nobel Prize for ...
Albert Camus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBOct 27, 2011 · Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a journalist, editor and editorialist, playwright and director, novelist and author of short stories, political essayist and activist—and, although he more than once denied it, a philosopher.
Albert Camus: Biography, French Algerian Writer, Nobel Prize
WEBAug 8, 2023 · Albert Camus was a French Algerian writer best known for his absurdist works, including 'The Stranger' and 'The Plague.' He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
Camus, Albert | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBAlbert Camus was a French-Algerian journalist, playwright, novelist, philosophical essayist, and Nobel laureate. Though he was neither by advanced training nor profession a philosopher, he nevertheless made important, forceful contributions to a wide range of issues in moral philosophy in his novels, reviews, articles, essays, and speeches ...
Albert Camus – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
WEBAlbert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work.
Albert Camus (Author of The Stranger) - Goodreads
WEBWorks, such as the novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), of Algerian-born French writer and philosopher Albert Camus concern the absurdity of the human condition; he won the Nobel Prize of 1957 for literature.
Albert Camus: Ideas, Quotes and Life | Philosophy Terms
WEBAfter the war, Camus gained international fame for his political and philosophical writing as well as his novels and plays. He won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming one of only a handful of philosophers ever to gain that honor.
Albert Camus – Facts - NobelPrize.org
WEBDied: 4 January 1960, Sens, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times”. Language: French.
Albert Camus - Existentialism, Absurdism, Nobel Prize
WEBAs novelist and playwright, moralist and political theorist, Albert Camus after World War II became the spokesman of his own generation and the mentor of the next, not only in France but also in Europe and eventually the world.
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