Camus, Albert
Camus, Albert ( 1913 – 60 ),French novelist, dramatist, journalist, and essayist. He was born in Algeria, which provides the setting for many of his works. Through L’Étranger ( 1942 ; The Outsider, 1946 ), La Peste ( 1947 ; The Plague, 1948 ), both novels, and Le Mythe de Sisyphe ( 1942 ; The Myth of Sisyphus, 1955 ), and L'Homme révolté ( 1951 ; The Rebel, 1953 ), he explored the implications of the ‘absurd’ nature of the human condition. His novel La Chute appeared in 1956 (The Fall, 1957 ), and in 1957 his collection of short stories L'Exil et le royaume (Exile and the Kingdom, 1958 ). He wrote a number of plays, including Caligula ( 1944 , trans. 1948 ), and several adaptations for the stage, including one from Faulkner 's Requiem for a Nun ( 1956 ). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in ...
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