Albert Camus- THE111

  • Birth of Albert Camus

    Birth of Albert Camus
    Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria
    Nov 7. 1913 a fellow scorpio
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    World War 1

    During this time WWI was happening Albert Camus's father was deployed
  • Death of his father

    Death of his father
    Lucien Auguste Camus, Albert's father passed away in a combat zone during WWI
  • Albert Camus accepted to the university of Algier

    Albert Camus accepted to the university of Algier
    Camus became politically active throughout his university years, first joining the Communist Party and subsequently the Algerian People's Party. As a supporter of individual rights, he fought against French colonization and advocated for Algerian empowerment in politics and labor. Camus was later linked to the French anarchist movement. https://www.biography.com/scholar/albert-camus
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    Diagnosed with Tuberculosis

  • First Marriage

    First Marriage
    Camus married his first wife Simon Hié but after some infidelities on behalf of both they separated.
  • Camus Graduates from University of Algiers

    Camus Graduates from University of Algiers
    Albert had received his undergraduate and graduate degree in philosophy by 1936
  • Got Politically Involved

    Camus joined the French Resistance at the start of World War II in order to help liberate Paris from Nazi tyranny. He was one of the few Allied journalists to oppose the United States' deployment of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. He was also a vocal opponent of communist doctrine..("Albert Camus." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 02 Apr. 2014. Web. 17 March 2022.)
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    World War 2

    During this time World War 2 was going on
  • 2nd Marriage

    2nd Marriage
    Albert Camus married Francine Faure, she was a pianist and mathematician
  • The Stranger

    The Stranger
    Albert Camus released his first book the Stranger. One of Camus’s most famous piece of work
  • The Myth of Sisyphus

    The Myth of Sisyphus
    This was the time at which the second book to be written by Albert Camus was published
  • Hiroshima Bombing

    Hiroshima Bombing
    The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Birth of his children

    Birth of his children
    Francine gave birth to twins, Jean and Catherine Camus
  • Famous Albert Camus Picture

    Famous Albert Camus Picture
    An Infamous picture of Albert Camus smoking a cigarette.
  • The Plague

    The Plague
    The third book written by Albert Camus was published
  • Group for International Liaisons

    Group for International Liaisons
    Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons to denounce two ideologies found in both the USSR and the USA. https://medium.com/kühner-kommentar/albert-camus-on-the-human-crisis-5b61e9b6faf1
  • The Fall

    The Fall
    Albert Camus's fifth book was published
  • Nirvasan Aur Aadhipatya

    Nirvasan Aur Aadhipatya
    Exile and the Kingdom is a 1957 collection of six short stories by French writer Albert Camus.
  • Nobel Prize award

    Nobel Prize award
    The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 was awarded to Albert Camus for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1957/summary/
  • Death of Albert Camus

    Death of Albert Camus
    Albert Camus, one of France's leading literary figures, was killed today in an automobile accident. He was 46 years old. https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/05/archives/albert-camus-dies-in-car-crash-french-writer-won-nobel-prize.html
  • Mother Died

    Catherine Helene Sintes passed away September 20, 1960 at the age of 77
  • La Mort heureuse

    La Mort heureuse
    11 years after the passing of Albert Camus La Mort Heureuse was published.