1. Cat Ninh Modern Novel

2.  Born November 7, 1913 -Mondovi in Algiers  Father -killed in 1914 during WWI  Mother - deaf and poor  Deprived childhood at home  Kept himself busy at school with sports, studying, and getting a part time job  Studied philosophy at the University of Algiers  Contracted TB in 1930

3.  Camus had to stop his studies because of financial issues  Jobs as a police clerk, a salesman, tutor, and a meteorologist  1934-1936 - Married and divorced Simone Hié, the daughter of a wealthy opthalmologist  1935 - he founded the Workers’ Theater  1936 - he finally completed his degree, graduating from the University of Algiers  1934 - joined and then left the Communist party

4.  Wrote book reviews and essays for periodicals  His first book was a collection of essays  Topic: man’s isolation in the world and the absurdity of death  Wrote book reviews and essays for periodicals  His first book was a collection of essays  Topic: man’s isolation in the world and the absurdity of death  Wrote for the Alger- Republicain; vs. the government  Troubles finding jobs in Algier, left to Paris in 1940  Wrote for the Alger- Republicain; vs. the government  Troubles finding jobs in Algier, left to Paris in 1940  Journalist for the Paris- Soir  WW2 cut his career short  returned to live in North Africa, remarried, and worked as a teacher  1942 -published The Stranger, his first novel  In the same year, he also published "The Myth of Sisyphus”  Returned to France and edited a newspaper called Combat.

5.  1944- 1945: Plays - Le Malentendu (The Misunderstood) and Caligula  1947:The Plague  1951: The Rebel - collection of essays  1956:The Fall  1957:The Exile and the Kingdom – collection of short stories

6.  1957: Nobel Prize for Literature  January 4, 1960: died in a random car accident  Absurd: he originally planned to go on a train with his wife and kids, not drive with his publisher

7.  Viewed life as mostly meaningless, dull, indifferent  WWI made many European writers question the meaning of life o Philosophy of absurdity and existentialism  He did not believe in God or an afterlife Character formation of Meursalt is based on these ideas