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1 About: Albert Camus Scott Choi David Kim

2 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

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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

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

9 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.”

10 Albert Camus Fini

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