Camus

AbsurdismFrance1913
OriginFrance
Era1913
SchoolAbsurdism

About Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus: we must imagine Sisyphus happy. Won the Nobel Prize at 44, the second youngest recipient. The Stranger and The Plague are classics of existential literature. Had a famous public feud with Sartre over politics and philosophy. Died in a car crash at 46 with an unused train ticket in his pocket.