Albert Camus
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Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria, in 1913. His childhood
was marked by poverty: Camus’ father was killed in the early days
of World War One (1914) and he was raised by his mother. He suffered
from tuberculosis which forced him to give up ambitions of pursuing
a sporting career. At university he studied philosophy, intending
to be become a teacher.
In 1940 Camus moved to Paris, joined the French Resistance and
was editor of an underground paper, Combat. His first major literary
work , L’Etranger, appeared in 1941 and has had an immense and
continuing influence in France and abroad. His major writings
- philosophical works, fiction and plays - include La Peste (1946),
L’ Homme Révolté (1951) and L’ Exil et le Royaume (1957). He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Camus was killed
in a car accident in January 1960.
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