Albert Camus >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#column-one>, search <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#searchInput> Albert Camus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Camus,_gagnant_de_prix_Nobel,_portrait_en_buste,_pos%C3%A9_au_bureau,_faisant_face_%C3%A0_gauche,_cigarette_de_tabagisme.jpg> Portrait from *New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection* Full name Albert Camus Born 7 November 1913 Dréan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A9an>, French Algeria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria> Died 4 January 1960 (aged 46) Villeblevin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeblevin>, France<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> Era 20th century philosophy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_philosophy> Region Western Philosophy School<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_of_philosophy> Absurdism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism>, *Nobel Prize in Literature<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature> * 1957 Main interests Ethics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics>, Humanity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature>, Justice <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice>, Love<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love>, Politics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics> Notable ideas "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth" "Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth." "I rebel; therefore we exist." Influenced by[show] Søren Kierkegaard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard>, Fyodor Dostoevsky <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky>, Karl Marx<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx>, Franz Kafka <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka>, Herman Melville<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville>, Friedrich Nietzsche <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche>, Jean-Paul Sartre <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre>, Simone Weil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Weil>, Victor Hugo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo>, Pascal Pia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Pia>, George Orwell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell>, André Gide<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gide> Influenced[show] Thomas Merton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton>, Luke Johnston<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luke_Johnston&action=edit&redlink=1>, Jacques Monod <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Monod>, Jean-Paul Sartre<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre>, Orhan Pamuk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_Pamuk>, Mohsin Hamid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsin_Hamid>
*Albert Camus* (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ kamy]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_French>) (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people> author <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author>, philosopher<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy>, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Literature>in 1957. He is often cited as a proponent of existentialism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism> (the philosophy that he was associated with during his own lifetime), but Camus himself rejected this particular label.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#cite_note-0>Specifically, his views contributed to the rise of the more current philosophy known as absurdism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism>. He wrote in his essay *The Rebel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_(book)> * that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism>while still delving deeply into individual freedom. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which (according to the book *Albert Camus, une vie* by Olivier Todd) was a group opposed to some tendencies of the surrealistic movement of André Breton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton>. Camus was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Literature>(after Rudyard Kipling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling>) when he became the first Africa-born writer to receive the award, in 1957.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#cite_note-1>He is also the shortest-lived of any literature laureate to date, having died in an automobile accident just over two years after receiving the award. In an interview in 1945, Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre>and I are always surprised to see our names linked..." [3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#cite_note-2> Contents[hide] - 1 Biography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Biography> - 1.1 Early years<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Early_years> - 1.2 Literary career<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Literary_career> - 1.3 Revolutionary Union Movement and the European Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Revolutionary_Union_Movement_and_the_European_Union> - 1.4 Camus and Orwell<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Camus_and_Orwell> - 1.5 Death <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Death> 2 Summary of Absurdism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Summary_of_Absurdism> 3 Camus' ideas on the Absurd<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Camus.27_ideas_on_the_Absurd> 4 Opposition to totalitarianism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Opposition_to_totalitarianism> 5 Camus and solidarity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Camus_and_solidarity> - 5.1 Solidarity in The Stranger<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Solidarity_in_The_Stranger> - 5.2 Solidarity in The Plague<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Solidarity_in_The_Plague> 6 Camus and football<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Camus_and_football> 7 Bibliography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Bibliography> - 7.1 Novels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Novels> - 7.2 Short stories<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Short_stories> - 7.3 Non-fiction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Non-fiction> - 7.4 Essays <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Essays> - 7.5 Plays <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Plays> - 7.6 Collections <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Collections> 8 Cultural influences<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Cultural_influences> - 8.1 Film <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Film> - 8.2 Music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Music> 9 References <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#References> 10 Further reading<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Further_reading> 11 External links <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#External_links> [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Camus&action=edit§ion=1> ] Biography
