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Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher and writer. Camus wrote novels and plays. Camus was born in Algeria, a country in North Africa. He had French parents. Camus was an existentialist philosopher. Existentialism is a philosophy that is very different from other ways of thinking. Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.
"Camus" redirects here. For the Spanish poet and writer, see Matilde Camus.
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Born | (1913-11-07)7 November 1913 Dréan, El Taref, French Algeria |
Died | 4 January 1960(1960-01-04) (aged 46) |
Era | 20th century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Absurdism |
Main interests | Ethics, humanity, justice, love, politics |
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He was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, and the first African-born writer to receive the award.[1] He is the shortest-lived of any Nobel literature laureate to date, having died in an automobile accident just over two years after receiving the award.