Albert Camus

Albert Camus (French: Albert Camus, pronounced: [albɛʁ kamy]; November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960), French novelist, essayist, playwright and journalist; although he has repeatedly denied it, he is often regarded as a philosopher. He was born in French Algeria, and his local experience profoundly affected his thinking and writing. He participated in the French Resistance during World War II and wrote a column for La Combat after liberation. He gradually withdrew from political journalism around 1947 and focused instead on novels, essays, and dramas. Camus is famous for his exploration of the absurdity of life. His representative works include the novels "The Stranger" (1942), "The Plague" (1947) and the philosophical essay "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1942). Public opinion often classifies him as an existentialist because of his association with Jean-Paul Sartre, but he himself is sensitive and is considered to be attached to any ideology. In 1957, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for "an important literary creation that sheds light on the issues of human conscience in our time with a clear and serious attitude."