Albert Camus Chanell Barnett 11415 Ms Lane 1

Albert Camus Chanell Barnett 11/4/15 Ms. Lane 1 A

• Was known as an influ en tial French writer and thinker. Mr. Camus is known as a nov el ist, exis ten tial ist essay ist and journalist • His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism

Childhood Life • Born November 7 th, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria • Born to Catherine and Lucien Camus • When his father was killed in the Battle of the Marne before Albert Camus was one year old, the remaining family relocated to the Belcourt section of Algiers

• He was raised in poverty by his mother, Catherine Helene Sintes Camus, an illiterate and partially deaf cleaning woman, and his grandmother, Madame Sintes • He had one brother Lucien Camus the 2 nd • During the years of 1918 1923, Camus attended primary school and met Louis Germain, who acted as a father to the boy, helping him win a scholarship to high school.

• In 1930, Albert found out he had tuberculosis • He started writing articles and getting them publuished soon after graduating high school • Tuberculosis prevented him from attending university for two years, though after recovering he enrolled in the school of philosophy at the University of Algiers • By 1936, he had obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophy

Adult life • Camus married in 1934 at age 21 • His wife, Simone Hie, was the daughter of a wealthy ophthalmologist as well as a morphine addict • He had one son, Jean Camus and one daughter, Catherine Camus

• The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) elucidates his theory of the absurd most directly, which he became fanmous for recognizing • The protagonists of The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947) must also confront the absurdity of social and cultural aspects • A Happy Death is also a famous book

• In 1934, he also joined the Communist Party in reaction to the rise of fascism in Europe • In 1941, after the Nazi invasion of France, Camus joined the Resistance and wrote for the underground newspaper Combat.

• Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 • died on January 4, 1960, in Burgundy, France • A Happy Death and The First Man were published decades later. The unexpected death marked the loss of one of the greatest existentialist philosophers.

• You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life -Albert Camus

Works Cited • http: //www. famousauthors. org/albert-camus • http: //www. legacy. com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/albertcamus-51 -facts • http: //manoflabook. com/wp/fun-facts-friday-albert-camus/