The Life and Times of Albert Camus.

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Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria on seven November, 1913. Ever since his childhood he has shown interest in literature and end up in journalism. In 1936 Camus received his diploma from the University of Algiers in philosophy. Camus's first book. L'ENVERS ET L'ENDROIT, a collection of essays, appeared in 1937. By this time Camus's reputation in Algeria as a leading writer was growing. He was also active in theater. In 1938 Camus moved to France, and divorced his first wife, Simone Hié, who was a morphine addict the next year. From 1938 to 1940 Camus worked for the Alger-Républicain and in 1940 for Paris-Soir. He married Francine Faure in 1940 and taught in Oran, Algeria, in 1942.

During WW II Camus was member of the French resistance. He was a reader and editor of Espoir series at Gallimard publisher from 1943 and founded with Sartre the left-wing newspaper Combat, serving as its editor. His second novel, The Stranger, which he had begun in Algeria before the war, appeared in 1942. It has been considered one of the greatest. In 1947 Camus resigned from Combat and published his third novel, The Plague an allegory of the Nazi occupation of France. After his break with Sartre (Founder of Combat). Camus wrote The Rebel, which appeared in 1951 and which explores the theories and forms of humanity's revolt against authority. From 1955 to 1956 Camus worked as a journalist for L'Express.

At the time of his death, Camus was planning to direct a theater company of his own and to write a major novel about growing up in Algeria. The unfinished novel A Happy Death (1970) was written in 1936-38. It presented Camus, seeking his happiness from Prague to his hometown in Algiers. Albert Camus, has been misquoted and misjudged by people within his era. He is seen, as a tool for French Colonialism while in fact is whole life he has been fighting for the freedom of the ethnic Algerians from the oppressions. Albert died on January 4, 1960 too early to see the dawn of the new era of the liberation of Algeria from France, which comes in 1963. In terms of contribution, Camus have changed the way we think and perceive this world his work not only received the Nobel Prize on 1957, but also admired by millions and will continued to be admired indefinitely.

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The Life and Times of Albert Camus

What are the foundations of the ideology of Albert Camus?

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A French novelist, journalist and playwright, Albert Camus famous for developing the theme of “the absurd” in his work.  “The absurd” is an idea about how people live their lives.  On the one hand, people want to live in a world that is happy, just, safe and understandable.  But the actual ...

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