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About: Albert Camus Scott Choi David Kim

Background Origin Grew up in poor conditions University of Algeria November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960 Mondovi (now Drean), Algeria Mother was half-deaf; Father died in Battle of the Marne in WWI Allies (including French) defeats Germany Grew up in poor conditions University of Algeria Tuberculosis Odd jobs i.e. private tutor, car parts clerk, assistant at Meteorological Institute

Background (cont’d) Married to: Twins Affairs Simone Hie Morphine addict Francine Faure Loved her, but denounced marriage as unnatural Twins Affairs

Political Affiliations French Communist Party (1935) Way to fight inequalities b/w Europeans and natives in Algeria Algerian People’s Party Denounced as Trotskyite French anarchist movement Commun: Way to fight inequalities b/w Europeans and natives in Algeria

Philosophy Absurdism Existentialist No humans will find true meaning in their universe Existentialist Humans are solely accountable for their meaning in life Did not like to be considered existentialist

Facts Atheist Anti-Totalitarian Anti-Capital Punishment But later in life touted the idea that salvation and meaning is longed for Anti-Totalitarian Disliked Nazi’s and was within French Resistance Anti-Capital Punishment Due to war, he appreciated life more Meursault’s Death

Novels The Rebels (1951) The Plague (1947) The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) After war, he analyzed rebellion and revolution and expressed his Anti-communist view The Plague (1947) Questions destiny and human conditions after everyone around the main character is dying The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) Introduces absurdism. The Happy Death (1971) Patrice Mersault

Career Nobel Prize in Literature (1957) Humanitarian efforts (UNESCO) until Spain accepted into United Nations Pacifist Resisted capital punishment

DISCUSSION!!! “To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.” “For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”

Albert Camus Fini