Albert Camus

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7 november 1913 — 4 januari 1960 (46 år)
Albert Camus (/kæˈmuː/ kam-OO,French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.

Camus was born in French Algeria to pied-noir parents. He spent his childhood in a poor neighbourhood and later studied philosophy at the University of Algiers. He was in Paris when the Germans invaded France during World War II in 1940. Camus tried to flee but finally joined the French Resistance where he served as editor-in-chief at Combat, an outlawed newspaper. After the war, he was a celebrity figure and gave many lectures around the world. He married twice but had many extramarital affairs. Camus was politically active; he was part of the left that opposed Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union because of their totalitarianism. Camus was a moralist and leaned towards anarcho-syndicalism. He was part of many organisations seeking European integration. During the Algerian War (1954–1962), he kept a neutral stance, advocating a multicultural and pluralistic Algeria, a position that was rejected by most parties.

Philosophically, Camus's views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. Some consider Camus's work to show him to be an existentialist, even though he himself firmly rejected the term throughout his lifetime.

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  • Fate
    Fate2001
  • Rastlös
    Rastlös2000
  • Far from Men
    Far from Men2014
  • Sisyphus
    Sisyphus1974
  • Främlingen
    Främlingen2025
  • Främlingen
    Främlingen1967
  • The Plague
    The Plague1992
  • The First Man
    The First Man2011
  • The Plague (2024)
    The Plague (2024)5 episodes
  • Caligula
    Caligula
  • The South Bank Show
    The South Bank Show45 seasons
  • Bajo la metralla
    Bajo la metralla1983

Filmography

2025
The Stranger · as Novel
2024
The Plague (2024) · as Novel
2011
The First Man · as Novel
2001
Fate · as Novel
2000
Restless · as Novel
1992
The Plague · as Novel
1988
1978
1974
Sisyphus · as Novel
1970
1967
The Stranger · as Novel
1967
De Rechtvaardigen · as Novel

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