By: Nishit Arora Period 0 Mrs. Jauch Albert Camus! By: Nishit Arora Period 0 Mrs. Jauch

Early Life Born in November 7, 1913 in French Algeria (colonized by France in 1830) Mother was half-deaf and his father died in WWI in the Battle of Marne Admitted in the University of Algiers (1923) Had tuberculosis which then ended his football career (soccer) so to earn money, he worked in the weather bureau, in an automobile-accessory firm (ships), and was also a private tutor.

Continued He joined the French Communist Party in 1935 He joined the activities in of the Algerian People’s Party which got him denounced from the FCP Went on to become associated with the anarchist movement He wrote for anarchist publications (Le Libertaire) He supported the uprising in East Germany in 1953. Also, supported the workers’ uprising in Poznan, Poland and the Hungarian Revolution.

His Marriage Life and Belief In 1934, he married Simone Hie but ended quickly In 1940, he then married Francine Faure, a pianist and mathematician. They had twins named Catherine and Jean. He did love her but was against the institution of marriage and saying that it is unnatural. He had affairs with her which included with Maria Casares.

Others He founded the Revolutionary Union Movement- group opposed the Surrealist Movement of Andre Breton. His main aim was to express the positive side of surrealism and existentialism. Also founded the European Federalist Movement but was dissolved the next year in 1945

Works/Plays His report on the unhappy state of the Muslims of the Kabylie region aroused the Algerian government to action and brought him public notice. Also about the poor in that region and the bad living conditions they faced. He ran the Théâtre de l'Equipe, a company that produced plays by Malraux, Gide, Synge, Dostoevski, and other. During WWII, one of the leading writers of the French Resistance and editor of Combat. He was very active in the theater and some of his plays were published/produced. Expressed his opposition of the US bombing in Hiroshima in public His work was dualist: happiness and sadness, light and dark, etc. Also talked about “the absurd”- refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any

Non Fiction Books Novels The Stranger The Myth of Sisyphus The Plague The Fall A Happy Death The First Man The Myth of Sisyphus The Rebel Betwixt and Between

Plays Essays Caligula The Misunderstanding The Just Assassins The Possessed Create Dangerously The Ancient Greek Tragedy The Crisis of Man Why Spain? Neither Victims Nor Executioners

Death! Died January 4 1960 It was a car accident near Sens Buried in the Lourmarin Cemetery BUT…. Nobel Prize in Literature

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