Albert Camus




Albert Camus

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born November 07, 1913
died January 04, 1960
gender male
place of birth Mondovi, Algeria
genre Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Albert Camus was a French-Algerian author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize in 1957. He is often associated with existentialism, but Camus refused this label. On the other hand, as he wrote in his essay The Rebel, his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism. On the subject of his belief or not in God, he writes in the third volume of his notebooks: "I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist."

In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons in the Revolutionary Union Movement, according to the book Albert Camus, une vie by Olivier Todd, a group opposed to the atheist and communistic tendencies of the surrealistic movement of André Breton. Camus was the second-youngest r...more

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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.96 — 15508 ratings — published 1942
85 editions
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The Plague The Plague (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.98 — 5562 ratings — published 1947
68 editions
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The Fall The Fall (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.91 — 2289 ratings — published 1956
32 editions
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The Myth of Sisyphus, and Othe... The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 4.11 — 2041 ratings — published 1942
4 editions
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The Rebel: An Essay on Man in ... The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.97 — 657 ratings — published 1951
13 editions
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Exile and the Kingdom Exile and the Kingdom (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.92 — 482 ratings — published 1957
12 editions
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A Happy Death A Happy Death (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.82 — 426 ratings — published 1971
9 editions
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Caligula Caligula (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.79 — 331 ratings — published 1938
10 editions
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Resistance, Rebellion, and Dea... Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
avg rating 4.11 — 231 ratings — published 1995
6 editions
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طاعون طاعون
by Albert Camus
avg rating 3.80 — 244 ratings — published 1968
3 editions
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"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. "
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"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
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"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."
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