Albert Camus (/ kæˈmuː / kam-OO, [2] French: [albɛʁ kamy] ⓘ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, [3] and …

Dec 11, 2025 · Albert Camus (1913–60) was a French novelist, essayist, and playwright, best known for such novels as The Stranger (1942), The Plague (1947), and The Fall (1956) and …

He was the second child of Lucien Auguste Camus, a military veteran and wine-shipping clerk, and of Catherine Helene (Sintes) Camus, a house-keeper and part-time factory worker.

Oct 27, 2011 · The essential paradox arising in Camus’s philosophy concerns his central notion of absurdity. Accepting the Aristotelian idea that philosophy begins in wonder, Camus argues …

Albert 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 …

Apr 20, 2025 · Albert Camus was a renowned author and political journalist, best known for his works 'The Stranger' and 'The Plague,' which explore themes of absurdism. He won the Nobel …

Nov 6, 2023 · Camus examines the problem of suicide in a philosophical light using the Ancient Greek Myth of Sisyphus, the man condemned to push a rock up a mountain only to see it fall …

The ACS exists to promote scholarship on the life and work of Albert Camus by providing an international platform to share, exchange and debate ideas and research in order to explore …

Aug 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.

In fact, Camus, like many other existential writers, eschewed the label “existentialist,” preferring to be known as a man and a thinker, rather than a member of a school or ideology. Camus …