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Albert Camus


Born
in Mondovi, French Algeria
November 07, 1913

Died
January 04, 1960

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Works, 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.

Origin and his experiences of this representative of non-metropolitan literature in the 1930s dominated influences in his thought and work.

He also adapted plays of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega, Dino Buzzati, and Requiem for a Nun of William Faulkner. One may trace his enjoyment of the theater back to his membership in l'Equipe, an Algerian group, whose "collective creation" Révolte dans les Asturies (1934) was banned for political reasons.

Of semi-proletarian parents, early attached to intellectu
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Average rating: 4.03 · 2,178,854 ratings · 131,177 reviews · 1,083 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Stranger

4.03 avg rating — 1,397,778 ratings — published 1942 — 6 editions
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The Plague

4.02 avg rating — 314,343 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions
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The Fall

4.03 avg rating — 135,080 ratings — published 1956 — 10 editions
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The Myth of Sisyphus

4.17 avg rating — 93,813 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions
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The Myth of Sisyphus and Ot...

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4.22 avg rating — 65,337 ratings — published 1942 — 52 editions
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A Happy Death

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The Rebel

4.14 avg rating — 18,891 ratings — published 1951 — 239 editions
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Caligula

4.10 avg rating — 17,203 ratings — published 1944 — 139 editions
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Exile and the Kingdom

3.83 avg rating — 15,789 ratings — published 1957 — 244 editions
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The First Man

3.96 avg rating — 12,197 ratings — published 1994 — 200 editions
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Quotes by Albert Camus  (?)
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
Albert Camus

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
Albert Camus

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus

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