The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957
Awarded on: 1957-10-17
"for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"
Albert Camus
Born: 1913-11-07 in Mondovi, French Algeria (now Algeria)
Gender: male
Field: French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
Biography
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, 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.