Albert Camus

1913 – 1960 · died at about 47^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Albert Camus

• Albert Camus was a goalkeeper for the Racing Universitaire d'Alger junior team, often praised for his passion and courage, until tuberculosis ended his football ambitions.^[1]
• Camus won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at 44, making him the second-youngest winner after Rudyard Kipling and the first literature laureate born in Africa.^[1][3][4]
• Camus dedicated his Nobel Prize speech to his schoolteacher Louis Germain, who had given him free lessons to win a scholarship.^[1]
• Camus is often called an existentialist, but he firmly rejected the term throughout his lifetime.^[1]
• During the German occupation of France, Camus edited the banned Resistance newspaper Combat, writing under a pseudonym and using false ID cards.^[1]
• The handwritten manuscript of Camus's unfinished novel The First Man, based on his childhood in Algeria, was found in the wreckage of the car crash that killed him.^[1]
• Albert Camus was alive at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt — their lives overlapped for 6 years (1913–1919).^[1][2][5][6]
• Albert Camus shares a birthday with Marie Curie: both were born on November 7.^[1][2][7][8]

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, writer, 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, and the first laureate in literature born in Africa. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.^[1]

Contemporaries

Winston Churchill

47 yr overlap

Carl Jung

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Pablo Picasso

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Igor Stravinsky

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Coco Chanel

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Niels Bohr

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Erwin Schrödinger

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Georgia O'Keeffe

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Charlie Chaplin

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Ho Chi Minh

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Agatha Christie

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Questions About Albert Camus

When was Albert Camus born?

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960.

How old was Albert Camus at death?

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960, at age 46.

What was Albert Camus known for?

Albert Camus was known for: Author of The Stranger, Nobel laureate. Albert Camus was a French philosopher, writer, 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, and the first laureate in literature born in Africa. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.

Who was alive at the same time as Albert Camus?

Albert Camus's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 47 years.