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Albert Camus

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Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French-Algerian novelist, playwright, and essayist, known for articulating the philosophy of the Absurd and for works such as The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and Caligula. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.

Publicly known facts: Nobel Prize in Literature (1957); major themes include the Absurd, revolt, and moral responsibility; key works span novels, essays, and plays; died in a car accident in 1960.

Four DeBaser reviews circle Camus’s core: the Absurd, indifference, and the cracking noise that breaks daily silence. The Stranger is felt as heat and hush; Caligula as lucid, destructive logic; The Fall as a confession-spiral in a dim bar. The writers praise Camus’s dry, essential style and the ethical vertigo it triggers.

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