AUTHOR | ALBERT CAMUS
Albert Camus | Ethics, humanity, justice, politics, Author
Bio:
Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.
Camus did not consider himself to be an existentialist despite usually being classified as one, even in his lifetime. In a 1945 interview, Camus rejected any ideological associations: 'No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked...'.
Camus was born in Algeria to a Pied-Noir family, and studied at the University of Algiers from which he graduated in 1936. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons to 'denounce two ideologies found in both the USSR and the USA'.
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Born: 1913-11-07
Born in: Dréan (then Mondovi), El Taref, French Algeria
Died: 1960-01-04
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“ Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow Don’t wa...
“ It was in Spain that my generation learned that one ...
“ I simply took refuge among women. As you know, they ...
“ Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk whil...
“ Thinking of the future, establishing aims for onesel...
“ If I had to write a book on morality, it would have ...
“ In the depth of winter, I finally learned that withi...
“ Peace is the only battle worth waging.
“ Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitt...
“ Real generosity towards the future lies in giving al...
“ A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and ...
“ To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to...
“ He had been bored, that's all, bored like most peopl...
“ They fancied themselves free, and no one will ever b...