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2. The Stranger (Camus novel) - Wikipedia

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   The Stranger. (Camus novel) The Stranger (French: L'Étranger [letʁɑ̃ʒe], lit. 'The Foreigner'), also published in English as The Outsider, is a 1942 novella written by French author Albert Camus. The first of Camus's novels published in his lifetime, the story follows Meursault, an indifferent settler in French Algeria, who, weeks after ...

3. Albert Camus - Wikipedia

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   Absurdism. Signature. Albert Camus (/ kæˈmuː / [2] ka-MOO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ⓘ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, [3] and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history.

4. The Guest (short story) - Wikipedia

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   1957. " The Guest " (French: L'Hôte) is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus. It was first published in 1957 as part of a collection entitled Exile and the Kingdom (L'exil et le royaume). The French title "L'Hôte" translates into both "the guest" and "the host" which ties back to the relationship between the main characters of the ...

5. The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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   The Myth of Sisyphus (French: Le mythe de Sisyphe) is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus. Influenced by philosophers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd. The absurd lies in the juxtaposition between the fundamental human need to attribute meaning to life ...

6. 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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   The 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the French writer Albert Camus (1913–1960) "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times." [1] He is the ninth French author to become a recipient of the prize after Catholic novelist François Mauriac in ...

7. The Meursault Investigation - Wikipedia

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   The Meursault Investigation (French: Meursault, contre-enquête) is the first novel by Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud. It is a retelling of Albert Camus ' 1942 novel, The Stranger. First published in Algeria by Barzakh Editions in October 2013, it was reissued in France by Actes Sud (May 2014). Its publication in France was followed ...

8. The Plague (novel) - Wikipedia

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   ISBN. 978-0679720218. Preceded by. Resistance, Rebellion, and Death. Followed by. The State of Siege. The Plague (French: La Peste) is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus. The plot centers around the French Algerian city of Oran as it combats a plague outbreak and is put under a city-wide quarantine. The novel presents a snapshot into life ...

9. The Stranger (1967 film) - Wikipedia

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   14 October 1967. (1967-10-14) Running time. 104 minutes. Country. Italy. Language. French/Italian. The Stranger (Italian: Lo straniero) is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus 's 1942 novel The Stranger, with Marcello Mastroianni.