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Albert Camus
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Albert Camus

Athlete · born November 7, 1913 · died 1960

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Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist.

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  1. ~29Notable work: The Stranger1942
  2. 28Notable work: The Myth of SisyphusOctober 1, 1942
  3. ~34Notable work: The Plague1947
  4. ~38Notable work: L'homme révolté1951
  5. ~43Notable work: The Fall1956
  6. ~44Received the Nobel Prize in Literature1957

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